impact-drive-food-security

I’m a developer / maker: where do I begin?

You’re looking at market research that’s done for you: vetted, synthesized, and tied to real people in the food-security sector. Here’s a path through it.

1. Understand the landscape (10 min). Read sector/landscape.md (food banks vs. pantries vs. cupboards, and the Feeding America 60% / disconnected 40% split), then sector/why-this-is-hard.md so you don’t reach for a one-size fix.

2. Meet the people. Read the personas/: two clients (Reba, Marguerita) and two providers (Gladys, Dan).

3. Pick a Job to be Done. Each job is an outcome someone needs, with a business case (why it matters) and links down to buildable pieces. Start here:
   • client → Find convenient, dignified food support
   • provider → Distribute all donated food each session or Distribute the right food to the right pantries before it spoils

4. Grab a use case and build. Each use case is a discrete user story you can implement on its own. See what real participants imagined in designs/ (One System One World; Personal Pantry), including journey maps of how people would actually use them.

5. Then talk to the community. These artifacts stoke ideas; they don’t replace users. Co-design with a local food bank or pantry. See methodology.md. We can connect you. Get in touch here.

How far to trust an item: check its validation: field. validated = grounded in the event/research (strongest for US/North America food banks & pantries). hypothesized = ask a partner before relying on it.

Found a gap, or something that doesn’t make sense to build from? Open an issue. That feedback is exactly what we need right now.

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