A wave of new mobile apps connect consumers with farmersGrownBy connects consumers with farmers markets across the U.S. Photo Courtesy of Farm Generations CooperativeAccessing fresh local produce from farmers can now be as simple as a click and swipe. In the U.S. farmers markets and community supported agriculture (CSAs) have been thriving, partly driven by challenges related to food access at the height of the pandemic. As a result,a slew of mobile apps that connect consumers with farmers and vice versa recently launched. · Beet & Pear is a mobile app launched by NYU graduate students that markets itself as a social network to connect farmers and farmers markets and consumers. He heard about the app from a member of the National Young Farmers Coalition and likes that it was created by farmers.

Source: Forbes June 27, 2021 15:11 UTC