Food for People

Project Description

In the course of two weeks, my team created an app using Adobe XD as part of the Adobe Design for Change Creative Jam sprint. We were challenged to, “Design a mobile phone app that empowers a specific audience to help improve part of the chain of food collection and distribution. The app must provide a mode of measurement or service to a single or multiple systems. The audience may be a party involved in some way in the supply chain or a messenger of public service (much like a watchdog monitoring and promoting awareness) around the severity of the insecurity issue of your choosing.”

Problem

My team decided to focus on food insecurity for seniors in rural areas because based on our research, we saw that there was a need to connect seniors who live far away and cannot physically go to the food banks by themselves.

Insights

When doing research on our target audience we came to the understanding that older adults in rural areas are the most vulnerable groups in regards to food insecurity. Great resources we referred to came from organizations like Food for People and Feeding America. For our concept, we got inspired by Meals on Wheels and thought what if we can have a service that can deliver produce to the elderly on a weekly basis in rural areas.

Solutions

Our app connects seniors to food banks like Food for People in Humboldt County, California. On the app, they can browse recipes, order produce, and have it delivered directly to them by volunteers/drivers that are nearby or passing their location. We created this app to serve as a beacon for elderly folk so that they can receive fresh and nutritious food more frequently rather than on a weekly or monthly basis.