May 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Open Food Network on social economies with Urgenci Open Food Network recently participated in Urgenci’s ‘The Social Economy, the Future of Europe’ conference in Strasbourg. The underlying theme was to gather input from various actors for the...
Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
How to build sustainable food systems? A manual from UN FAO and INRAE -including Open Food Network’s role! “Enabling sustainable food systems – Innovators’ handbook” was published in October 2020 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the age of Amazon and Alibaba it seems that our whole globe can have anything delivered within hours thanks to a small handful of incredibly powerful companies. Lynne and Rachel from the global OFN team are hosting a session at Mozilla Festival to bring together...
Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
A global gathering working towards better food systems The global Open Food Network Community has always worked totally remotely, ever since we began in 2015. In 2017 we realised that our community would benefit from spending time together in person, connecting with...
Jun 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Open Food Network receives Mozilla COVID-19 Solutions Fund 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...
Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
COVID-19 is already impacting our food supply chains; shoppers and buyers are shifting online. How can we be sure that community food businesses can continue to provide good food for people? How can we best support our communities, particularly vulnerable members,...
Aug 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Major platform update rolled out worldwide Over the years we’ve been running Open Food Network we’ve been working tirelessly to build the tools that food enterprises need to succeed. With our tiny, part time development team working remotely in the UK, Australia,...
Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Open Food Network are teaming up with researchers at the University of East Anglia as part of a nationwide study to explore how food hubs like ours contribute to a lower carbon food system. The research will seek to understand the food shopping patterns of people who...
Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
“For me, the Open Food Network is an essential tool because it enables the different eaters of a given territory or community to connect and build initiatives together.” – Olivier De Schutter We’re thrilled to welcome Olivier De Schutter as our...
Jun 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Open Food Network has welcomed two new instances as signatories to the community pledge. Both Italian and South African instances are taking steps to launch the Open Food Network in their regions, with a commitment to their shared values described in the Open Food...