Fresh.Land | Go Green | #EYA2016
Channel: European Youth Award
Date: 24/11/2016

Fresh.Land is the 2016 winner in the category Go Green.
Team: Mathilde Jakobsen, Filipe Leal
Website: http://www.fresh.land

Description: 
Fresh.Land is an online platform helping farmers to sell to retailers just-in-time with adequate scale and digital infrastructure, bypassing middlemen to provide fresher food. To reach the table the conventional way, fruits and vegetables are filled with chemicals, often spending months in storage before reaching stores. The long supply chain is the key source of greenhouse gases and enormous waste – up to 40% of all food produced. Using Fresh.Land, farmers upload their availability, retailers order with one click and Fresh.Land ensures delivery through external partners. Finally, everyone rates each other in a user review and feedback system to guarantee quality. Farmers deliver from tree to store in days, instead of months — with 60% less chemicals, 88% less CO² emissions from storage, and 10% less food waste. In addition to quick market access, Fresh.Land provides a wiki disseminating best practices, to make farmers’ work more sustainable. Fresh.Land is a win-win for all. Farmers receive a greater share of the profits. Retailers source better products at lower costs. Consumers benefit from fresher produce.

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About EYA: 
EYA is an unique European-wide movement of young innovators who never stop learning, questioning and improving the world we live in. We believe in the power digital technologies can have to create a postive impact on society!

Several activities and events are organized throughout the year and can be found all over Europe! There is its flagship and name-giving initiative: The European Youth Award (EYA contest) and its winners event (EYA Festival); along with coding events (e.g. SHacks (social hackathons), Game Jams), the Youth for Innovation (YFI) programs, mentorship programs and more!

https://eu-youthaward.org/