Description
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*** One of Time's Top 10 iPhone apps of 2009.
*** Seen at #1 on the App Store’s Paid Lifestyle Apps list.
*** Seen at #64 on the App Store’s Top Paid Apps list.
Know the food in season near you.
Eating local food when it’s in season is an increasingly popular goal amongst people who are interested in eating the tastiest, healthiest food while also being good to the environment. Knowing what’s available in your area at a given time of year is often difficult to determine, so we’ve taken on the task of collecting data from a variety of sources and presenting it all in the most understandable of ways. The Locavore iPhone app will come in handy next time you’re at the market and want to know what’s actually being grown near you, and what is most likely to taste the best right now.
Whether you’re just trying to become more aware of what’s in season around you, or you are fully committed to eating only locally grown food, this app will help you know what your options are.
Features:
1 - Automatically detects which state you’re in (currently only covers the US)
2 - Food that’s in season near you
3 - Food that’s coming in season near you soon
4 - Farmers’ markets near you
5 - Browse all 234 fruits and vegetables to see where it is currently growing
6 - Links to Wikipedia articles and Epicurious recipes from each food detail page
7 - Browse all 50 states to see what’s in season in other parts of the US
8 - Stay up-to-date with news with in-app updates from Twitter and Get Satisfaction
Built with the help of:
1 - LocalHarvest.org for farmers’ markets data
2 - Natural Resources Defense Council for food availability
3 - Tattfoo for colors
4 - Designed by Matt Hickey
5 - Integrated with Get Satisfaction Remote for in-app feedback, ideas, and bug tracking
6 - People like you who submit ideas, corrected info, and feedback via Twitter or Get Satisfaction (see below)
Note: I only have data for the United States at this time.
For news and updates on the app, follow @enjoy_locavore on Twitter.
To submit feedback, corrections, or bugs, please contact me via Get Satisfaction:
http://bit.ly/locavoresatisfaction
What's New In Version 2.3.1
Fixed Market crashes for some.
Stability improvements.
Updated Facebook Connect implementation.
Customer Reviews
Needs to update interface
I love the idea of this app, but the front end for the local farmer's markets is very poor. The main reason I have this is to get quick information on markets when I travel. All this app does is refer you to a webpage which is very hard to read on the phone. It should have another way to parse the information and present it in a easy-to-use way on the iPhone screen. Otherwise I could just use Safari and find the same website on LocalHarvest. For $2.99 this app should work a bit harder than it does.
Great But Markets Need Work
This app is fantastic in most all regards. It provides information on what's in season and what will be soon in your area. It even lists local farmers markets. The only downside is that the farmers markets are not listed in an easily accessible mobile way. Instead the app uses a built in browser to load a website with the info. This takes a little longer and doesn't look as nice. Finding information is not as easy and there isn't support for things like maps of where the markets are in relation to you.
Doesn't work with itouch
It's a great app but since I have the iPod touch and it doesn't have gps so it's worthless. If this app allows people to enter their zipcodes ib the future it could be the best app out there
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$2.99
- Category: Reference
- Updated:Feb 16, 2010
- Current Version:2.3.1
- 2.3.1
- 6.4 MB
- Language:English
- Seller:Buster McLeod
- © Enjoymentland 2009
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later.
