About Us

Why Locifood?

What sets Locifood apart from all those other local food sites? Here at Locifood we want you to be an active part of the local food movement.

  • Contribute > By adding your picture and comments you are increasing visibility to local food and food sources. Find a new great sustainable meat source at the farmer’s market? Don’t keep it to yourself, let your network in on your secret. Let’s do our part to keep our local food producers in business.
  • Interact > Your food sources are no longer nameless and faceless. Were the strawberries you picked up this morning from Farmer John’s roadside stand delicious? Tell him. And tell your friends, so they don’t miss out either.
  • Do your part > Help to educate your local community on healthy, yummy local food. Every step we get closer to local sourcing is a step closer to improved quality of life for your community.
  • HAVE FUN! > Share the joy of the food you eat and make with your friends. Compare notes and find new local favorites.

We help people find and share local food

Instead of heading to your local supermarket, use LociFood to find fresh, tasty, LOCAL food sources.  Become a part of the local food movement in your community by recommending producers and products. Our integration with Facebook and Twitter allows you to provide a single post.

What sets LociFood apart:

  • Traceability: Each producer has an individual profile page providing information about their food, what is in season, ratings and comments from other users, and photos from the community.   Know about the food you buy and the producers that grow it.  Learn more about the farmers at your favorite farmer’s market or CSA.
  • Finding Food: Find and choose from  hundreds of farms and small producers (canners, cheese makers, bakers) in your area.  Search for your favorite farmers and where you can purchase their products.
  • Selecting Food: With so many options available for local food, selection can be overwhelming.  We help provide information on which farmers to choose based on your own criteria (organic, biodynamic, etc.) as well as reviews by your fellow local foodies.
  • Community: Read about other users local food experiences through their blogs, share shopping lists and recipes, and follow farmers as they progress through the growing season.

We grow the local market for producers

We provide technology that is easy to use

Perhaps you are just starting out and are looking for a place to market your products and availability.  Or maybe you are too busy to maintain several sites (email, facebook, twitter) informing your local foodies of your current products and sales locations.   By connecting you, the producers, directly with your customers, Locifood minimizes the amount of time you spend updating your buyers.  And by providing your customers with easy access to information on what products you have available and where to purchase them, we connect your customers with your products.

We want to encourage small producers by providing them with a connection to the local food community.   As our community grows, so will interest in your products.

We improve marketability of your products

By integrating your Locifood updates with Facebook and Twitter, it is easy to keep your customers updated from your Locifood page.  Manage and consolidate customer list, fans, and newsletter subscribers with our premium services.  Use your mobile devices to update photos in your profile, and send out status updates for your farm.

    Who are we?

    We are based in Portland, Oregon, where we are piloting the first LociFood community.  We hope to expand to other markets soon.

    About Our Team:

    • Aaron Raddon, Founder
    • Our founder, Aaron, has harbored a passion for good food as long as he can remember.  Aaron is a local food fanatic, and when he isn’t talking to farmers or working on Locifood, he is eating.   This passion for food, along with his knowledge of building large online communities was the inspiration for Locifood.   In his previous life, Aaron was the Senior Director of Product Engineering for Apollo Group, helping to build large online communities and systems for education.
    • Cindy Peterson, Co-Founder
    • Cindy grew up on a family farm in Montana. After various roles in supplier management and sales/application roles for technology companies, she is returning to her local foods roots at locifood.com. She recently returned from 14 months of world travel and blogging, with a special focus on understanding local food economies around the world.