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We’re hiring!

We’re hiring!

We are very excited to have received funding from the Victorian State Government to undertake a significant regional food activation project. We have a range of roles available.

Open Food Network wins international award!

Open Food Network wins international award!

Open Food Network is delighted to have received an award from the Mozilla COVID-19 Solutions Fund. The Fund was established at the end of March by the Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS), to offer up to $50,000 each to open source technology projects responding...

Open Food Network Connect launches

Open Food Network Connect launches

Please note that the Open Food Connect program has now finished. We experienced high levels of demand for our brokerage services, and were successfully able to connect many farmers with community food enterprises. Other services that we offer can be seen here. Due to...

Latest software releases

Latest software releases

MOBILE CUSTOMER IMPROVEMENTS We’re making a number of changes to the mobile experience in the coming weeks, all aimed at making shopping with Open Food Network from a mobile more streamlined and intuitive. Below are some of the upgrades we’ve already made for your...

Set up your farmers’ market online

Set up your farmers’ market online

Is your farmers' market shifting to online sales due to COVID-19? Or would you like to get it set up just in case that's needed? We're working hard getting farmers and markets online, and we've created some extra how-to guides if you're keen to get your market set...

Keeping fair food systems running during COVID-19

Keeping fair food systems running during COVID-19

COVID-19 is already having an impact on food supply. How do we support direct supply chains that keep farmers in business? How do we keep our shelves stocked with food? What happens to farmers' markets as public gatherings get shut down?  We're doing our best to help...

What else can the Open Food Network platform do?

What else can the Open Food Network platform do?

The Open Food Network platform is designed to help farmers sell food. It aggregates food from multiple sources to sell through an online shopfront, and creates a transparent supply chain. But around the world, people are starting to use the platform for other...

What a year 2019 was!

What a year 2019 was!

This year felt absolutely enormous for Open Food Network Australia. Because we have a habit of letting milestones slide past as we rush on to the next bit of work, we thought that this year we would try not to do that but to instead share some of our 2019 highlights...

New report released – lessons from running a food hub

New report released – lessons from running a food hub

The South East Food Hub was a piloted food hub model which operated in the outer suburbs of Melbourne in 2014-2015. The hub sourced fresh produce and grocery items from 16 local producers and serviced 14 customer ‘buying groups’. We have summarised our key lessons and...

Participate in research about Open Food Network

Participate in research about Open Food Network

Adam Moore is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, undertaking a research project about the Open Food Network. He's researching how the Open Food Network community develops and cares for the Open Food Network itself – as a digital platform, as a commons of...

Big improvements to your shopfront

Big improvements to your shopfront

The latest release of the Open Food Network was deployed this week, and it includes some big changes to improve the performance of your shopfront behind the scenes. Shopfronts with up to 10,000 products will load within 2 seconds. No more waiting… no matter how big or...

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