thanks, tony! -marlo
On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Tony Del Plato wrote: > 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 >> > > > > -- > May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, > so that > we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will > look back > on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers! > Albert Einstein > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
