[portland] FoodHub Marketplace Development

[Tim Welch]

Proposals are now being accepted for the development of FoodHub.  As a
Python/Django developer here at Ecotrust I'd love to see some Django or
other proposals come in.



What is FoodHub?



FoodHub is an online directory and marketplace that makes it easy and
efficient for buyers and sellers of regional food to find one another and
conduct business.



Background



Recently, a new category of buyers has become interested in purchasing
locally or regionally grown food. These larger-volume and institutional
purchasers such as public schools, hospitals, food service providers on
college and corporate campuses, and retail stores are increasingly assigning
geographic preference as well as other 'authenticity requirements' to their
key purchase criterion along with long-standing cost, quality, quantity, and
delivery requirements.



In response to this interest on the part of both food buyers and food
producers to find one another and do business, Ecotrust is in the process of
creating a web-based wholesale-direct trading platform, FoodHub.



The full Request For Proposal (RFP) is available at:

http://www.ecotrust.org/foodhub/



Proposals are due January 5, 2008


Tim Welch

Applications Developer

Ecotrust
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