GRO-OP

During my time at Driftime we had a company hackathon. GRO-OP was the resulting app concept. Born from my personal relationship with farming, producing food and the challenges that come with it (having a small farm in Portugal where we grow fruits and vegetables). As well as our collective outrage at high percentage of food that is wasted in the UK. We created this concept for an app which allows people to share the excess produce they grow, be it in their allotment, garden or balcony. Connecting people with a shared love for growing things and creating a platform for them to sell, trade and buy local, affordable produce.

With this project we wanted to address a few key problems. Firstly food waste, hoping that if people are given the opportunity to give away or sell their excess food in a quick and easy way, less food could go to waste. Secondly creating a marketplace where hyper local communities can have access to high quality, fresh produce at an affordable price.