Where do you fit in the food system?
For Farms
Know what needs attention before the buyer conversation. Get a five-gate readiness snapshot and a prioritized list of next steps.
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For Buyers
Describe the requirements behind your local sourcing goals — products, volumes, delivery, and purchasing process — so an opportunity can be evaluated clearly.
Submit a Sourcing Request →
Research & Planning
Plan the food system — not just the next order. Supply-shed research, local sourcing feasibility, and agrihood food-system planning.
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Take the Readiness Assessment
Twenty-five questions across five gates. See your farm's self-reported readiness snapshot and a prioritized action list.
Start the Assessment →Good sourcing takes more than finding a farm.
A potential match still needs the right products, workable volumes, clear records, appropriate handling, and a business process both sides can use. FARM2CHEF organizes those conversations around five readiness gates.
Food-safety documentation
Written plans, training, sanitation, water, and withdrawal procedures.
Volume and aggregation
Availability, quantities, order confirmation, and aggregation partners.
Pack-grade traceability
Specifications, pack sizes, and lot records from shipment back to source.
Cold chain
Handling, storage, and transport conditions from harvest to delivery.
Business and invoicing
Documentation, insurance, invoices, and purchase-order processes.
The readiness snapshot
One structured assessment turns all five gates into a score and a prioritized action list.
Start the assessmentAssess. Identify. Coordinate.
Assess the starting point
Farms complete a structured readiness assessment. Buyers submit their sourcing requirements.
Identify the gaps
Organize missing records, operational questions, and requirements that need clarification.
Coordinate a next step
Request a review, explore a potential sourcing conversation, or discuss a readiness work plan.
Not every submission receives a match or a contract — coordination clarifies what a next step would take.
Readiness results are self-reported.
FARM2CHEF readiness results reflect information submitted by the respondent. They are not an audit, food-safety determination, USDA approval, GAP certification, or buyer acceptance.
The coordination layer also runs the working tools around it: the farm directory (1,361 Black-owned farms, searchable by ZIP), the demo board, the jobs & shifts board, the Community Protein Pool, chef demos by request, and ordering in your own words through HarvestPilot.
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Start with the starting point.
Farms: take the readiness assessment and see your five gates clearly. Buyers: tell us what you need to source, and we will take it from there.