diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index f2b5fc2..d6ee841 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ -Welcome to the openfoodweb wiki! +The Open Food Web project is a community of people working together to build a free and open source platform that provides an open marketplace and supply network for local food, so that: +* Eaters can “know their farmers” (where they are, how they farm, exactly what price they get) while still having wide choice and the ease and convenience of local pick-up and access. +* Farmers can set their own prices, tell their own stories and choose who they trade with. +* Ethical and diverse food enterprises rebuild local economies by supporting these farmers and eaters to distribute food. + +The system is premised on transparency of supply chain information and provides the integrated benefits of e-commerce, information sharing, and collaborative networking. -This wiki will undergo rapid development over the next few weeks to provide a solid introduction to the Open Food Web project and make it much easier to get involved. +This is the first project of the not-for-profit Open Food Web Foundation, which has been set up to accumulate and protect a commons of open source knowledge, code, applications and platforms to support the proliferation of fair and sustainable food systems. ## [1. Overview: Building an Open Food Web Platform](https://github.com/eaterprises/openfoodweb/wiki/Overview) @@ -12,4 +17,3 @@ This wiki will undergo rapid development over the next few weeks to provide a so ## [5. Interfaces and API](https://github.com/eaterprises/openfoodweb/wiki/Interfaces) -To find out more about the Foundation, the project or to connect with other work programs, visit [Open Food Web Foundation](www.openfoodweb.org/Foundation) \ No newline at end of file