Our current food system has failed those who need it the most. Everyone. These failures can come in the form of of mouths unfed. We’ve all seen a person on the street digging through a trash can. Dumpsters can be full daily with uncooked produce from a restaurant. However, food insecurity doesn’t only affect those who consume it and cook it but also the farmers whose livelihood creates it. Their ability to sustain their operations rests on effective distribution and demand of goods produced.  It has been found 20% of farmers’ goods go to waste before they ever see a consumer, equating to $42 billion lost per year.

Lonely Produce aims to to remedy that pitfall by creating a platform that supports the independent farmer through community driven commerce. We at Lonely Produce help farmers, restaurants, breweries, and bakeries access local produce that needs alternative avenue for consumption. We are creating a robust and connected community that utilizes surplus food as an opportunity to communicate, cook, brew, bake and exchange in new and novel ways.