Best wishes Marlo on your new venture Tony Del Plato On 12/13/07, marlo capoccia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello everyone, > i had been waiting to let people know, but you guys are my first > official announcement that my family and i are beginning a new home > delivery service in ithaca in february. garden gate will be > delivering local foods "milk man" style, but more like a farmers' > market on wheels. in most cases we are getting our food directly > from farms and processors within 100 miles of ithaca. in the rest of > the cases we are getting foods through a distributor, but ALL > products will be from within 100 miles of ithaca. we will begin > delivering in the city of ithaca and expand into tompkins county once > we get our systems perfected. we're running the business out of > our downtown ithaca home. > > the green part of our business includes retrofitting our vehicle for > veggie oil. when we're big enough i'd like to get an electric > vehicle and am even considering a delivery bike, but doubt i can > manage that. (it's still a wonderful dream, though.) we will be > using only reusable bags for delivery and will work with suppliers to > minimize waste from packaging. > > the benefits are far greater than the green tools we'll be using, > though. if we can prevent vehicles from being out on the road for > mid-week trips to the grocery store, we can reduce ithaca's > contribution to carbon emissions right away. keeping the food supply > local is very appealing to me, and we'll be doing tons of product > education and marketing on behalf of our suppliers. > > so far, we have about 25 local farms and producers and easily over > 100 products, probably on the way to 200 at this point. we'll > deliver meat, dairy products, eggs, sauces and chutneys, breads and > pastries, prepared foods, tofu and seitan, coffee and tea, maple > syrup and honey, chips, nut butters, cleaners and tons more. i am > particularly interested in working with new farms and processors, so > if you know of anyone getting started who'd like to sell a few more > units of product, please let me know! > > in addition to announcing garden gate delivery to you all, i am > looking for feedback from people about what kinds of things you > anticipate i should be thinking about. i am beginning to make > purchases for the business and though i have spent dozens of hours on > research, any snippets of advice or insight will be very helpful. > > our website is: > > gardengatedelivery.com and will be ready for viewing in just over a > month from now. if people have questions or ideas and would like to > contact me directly, please call me at 607 342 6228. > > i am really looking forward to working with some of you in various > ways as garden gate begins delivery in february. > > many thanks, > marlo capoccia > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org >
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