Shared cold chain & regional hub
Utrecht, Utrecht
What this loan funds
Local2Local connects small regional farms straight to local kitchens, schools and homes. The missing link is a shared cold chain: a refrigerated hub and an electric van the farms can pool, so a single grower no longer needs their own lorry to reach the city. This loan funds that shared infrastructure, cutting waste, keeping produce fresh, and letting more small farms join the short chain. Backers earn a fixed dividend over three years and help build the backbone of regional food.
Backing a farm is a real-world commitment. Here's what the farmer has flagged could affect this campaign.
- Rising input costs
- Equipment failure
- Rule changes
- Fewer farms join the shared hub than planned
- Cold-chain energy prices rise
The farm you’re backing
Local2Local builds short, transparent supply chains between regional farmers and the city. The cooperative runs a range of campaigns — Pride Juice, the Operation Food Freedom veg boxes, the Waterlinie oat beer, Get Wasted pear vodka, the Utrecht Science Park Land Stall, and Wilde Wortelen vegetable lemonade — each rescuing produce or financing a regional product close to where it is grown and eaten.
Where Local2Local is
Utrecht Science Park, Utrecht
Let’s grow something
Grow it or eat it, you’re part of the chain now. Not stranded at the far end of it.
