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Locavore is a powerful yet simple application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows users to find the freshest, most sustainable fruits and vegetables no matter where they are in the United States.
Utilizing built-in GPS and location awareness, Locavore finds a fresh food enthusiast's location and then shows them what foods are currently in season locally, and what is coming in season soon. Getting this information quickly (especially while at the market and trying to decide what to buy) means that one can get the freshest, tastiest, and most healthy foods available any time of the year.
Locavore finds information about nearby farmers' markets and food availability data from a collaboration of partners such as LocalHarvest.org, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and others to give users a real-time look at what's available to them and where to get it. This data will continue to improve and be updated over time.
The application also connects users to recipes from Epicurious and links to Wikipedia through a simple to use and intuitive interface. It features 234 well-known and more obscure fruits and vegetables with beautiful full-color images of each, in case a user momentarily forgets what an aprium or a rambutan looks like.
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Hi Buster, Some friends and I
Hi Buster,
Some friends and I developed a locavore website last year that is gaining popularity in the Southern Hemisphere - New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa.
website url:
http://locavore365.org
It allows members to add listings for local produce, we also record their Latitude and Longitude. Visitors to the site can then search by distance for any local produce within their area.
If you are interested in using our website for listing data on the Locavore iPhone app we would be happy to investigate that with you.
Cheers, Simon.
http://locavore365.org
Go Locavore!
I love this project! Thanks for taking the time to submit. What are your plans for mobile apps on other platforms?
Rachel Weidinger
Common Knowledge
www.commonknow.com
I'm open to it...
At the moment, I don't have the time to learn how to build an Android app, but I am open to the idea of collaborating with a developer to make it happen. At heart, though, I am a web developer, and do have plans for making this information available as a web app for phones that have browser capabilities.
I'm pretty much open to all ideas, as I'm sure I have not thought of them all. I am currently collecting ideas, feedback, and feature requests on Get Satisfaction.