How It Works
Locavore provides information on what fruits and vegetables are in season, as these
fruits and vegetables are at their most nutritious and flavorful. Locavore will then
provide information on where to buy these fruits and vegetables, say, at a local
farmer's market or a grocery store. This should allow users to be able to get their
produce easily, without having to go to a supermarket or large chain grocery store,
which will often obtain their fruits and vegetables from farms from far away. Data
in Locavore is both researched and crowd-sourced. People can add more information
as they find out about farmers markets in their area, and this data is uploaded to
the Locavore servers.
Company
Locavore is developed by Hevva Corp, which is based out of Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Locavore works regularly with foundations and groups, including Local Dirt, to provide
web and app-based information on local produce.
Blog
Locavore has an official website at getlocavore.com. However, the website has been
having several problems lately and does not load. The blog, which should be available
on the website, provides information on updates to the app. The domain is registered
through Heather Hilleren, via GoDaddy.com.
Reviews
Locavore has recently been updated with more information on fruits and vegetables,
as well as more locations to choose from. The previous version enjoyed popularity
among users, who liked how it was able to locate many farmers markets that they did
not even know about. However, following its latest update, users complained that
the app could no longer connect via GPS, and was not able to give accurate information
on where farmers markets were located. Others complained about how slow the app was,
and how it had limited scope, so that some users got no information on what was available
in their area. Some reviewers, however, have showered the app with glowing praise
recently, so that reviews tend to be extremely bad or extremely good.
Social
The Locavore app has its own Twitter page which has over 1500 followers. There are
also Facebook pages devoted to Locavores around the world, but these are not directly
related to the Locavore app.
With poorly performing economies as well as a call for organic foods running merry
races around the world, it comes as no surprise that more people want to eat and
buy local. However, it can be costly for low-income local producers to advertise
their produce in traditional marketing channels. It can also be costly for consumers
to look for these local producers and search them out manually. There are apps online
that can help with this search, and one of them is locavore. But is it effective
and updated?
Overview
In general, the Locavore app helps users find in-season food that is available locally.
This might be at a local cafe, grocery store, or farmer's market, and the app provides
information about and directions to these locations. Locavore is available for free
on both the iPhone and Android phones. Locavore also enables local producers and
farmers to market their goods without having to spend more on the traditional media
channels.
