We Eat Local app to connect Tasmanians with local producers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Eating well during the COVID-19 pandemic is being made easy by a new one-stop online shop connecting Tasmanian home cooks with local producers.

Tash Cowen of Salamanca Fresh with a selection of fresh produce and groceries. Picture: CHRIS KIDD

A NEW app is aiming to make it easier for Tasmanians to buy fresh local produce while supporting hard-hit local producers during the COVID-19 crisis.

Not-for-profit organisation Eat Well Tasmania will on Wednesday launch the free We Eat Local app, which lists hundreds of Tasmanian businesses offering home delivery, click and collect services and in-store shopping for local produce.

BACKING YOUR FAVOURITE SHOP OR CAFE IS JUST A CLICK AWAY

With funding from the Health Department, all businesses are being featured on the app for free for the first 12 months.

Businesses must be Tasmanian owned, and range from small scale up to independent retailers such as IGA, Hill St Grocer and Salamanca Fresh.

HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES STAY AFLOAT AMID THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Eat Well Tasmania state manager Leah Galvin said ordering local produce through the app would aid social distancing and support local producers at the same time.

“We saw that Tasmanians are changing the way they’re shopping, so they’re looking for new options online, and at the same time Tasmanian producers were looking for new ways to connect with customers,” she said.

“From day to day the offerings are changing, so we want to be able to connect people to a one-stop shop of information.”

Download We Eat Local from your app store or visit: eatwelltas.org.au