Lemongraft

Description

LemonGRAFT is a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects homegrown food growers with people who want to buy it and hosts who steward its preparation and pick-up. The platform enables a local supply chain to make it easy for people to buy fresh, local food directly from the people who grow it. The platform helps decentralize the food supply, foster community connections, and increase local food sovereignty providing tools for growers to improve biodiversity and source nutrient-dense produce, seeds, compost, as well as source animal products from local certified producers.

What Makes it Regenerative?

• enables access & participation
• fosters community
• enables learning & knowledge
• supports animal welfare
• supports human well being
• facilitates coordination & consensus

Business Model

Lemongraft has a platform model in which is takes a percentage off of each transaction to fund the platform. Through the platform, growers take home a significantly higher percentage than when products are sold through grocery stores.

Risks & Limitations

• Limited/seasonal selection
• Variable regulatory compliance based on different jurisdictions
• Which could impact platform expansion
• Access limitations given the need for technology to participate in the marketplace
• Requires time investment to use the tool prior to transactions