Karrot

Karrot: Open-Source Food Sharing Platform

Connects neighbors, volunteers, and stores to share surplus food and reduce waste in local communities with Karrot's open-source app and platform.

What is Karrot?

Karrot is an open-source web and mobile application designed to reduce food waste and build stronger communities. It enables neighbors to give away or find free food and other items locally, rather than seeing it go to waste.

The platform allows users to easily post what food or items they have to give away, and others in the local area can claim those items. This cuts down on food waste by redirecting edible surplus food to people who need it. Karrot also facilitates the organization of food collections from stores that have leftovers, linking volunteers to pick up and distribute that food.

In addition to its core functionality around fighting waste, Karrot aims to foster community engagement more broadly. Users can post activities happening locally and chat with their neighbors. The app facilitates lending, skills sharing, events, and general communication within a local geographic area.

Karrot is built and maintained by a non-profit organization called Foodsaving Worldwide. They provide the app technology as a free, open-source tool for grassroots communities around food waste. It's designed to be adapted to local contexts and is currently active in over 500 cities globally.

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