Buy local without failing an audit.
You want local produce. Your procurement policy wants documentation, insurance, consistent volume, and traceability. FARM2CHEF is the layer that makes both true at once.
What you get
One vendor, many farms
Aggregated volume from multiple vetted growers, delivered as a single supply line with a single invoice.
Documentation on file before you ask
Certifications, certificates of insurance, W-9s, and expiry tracking maintained continuously, not scrambled for at audit time.
Lot-level traceability
Every delivery carries a manifest naming each contributing farm, lot code, and quantity, with PTI-conformant case labeling.
Procurement-lane awareness
We structure to your lane, whether that is a micro-purchase under $10,000, an informal solicitation with written specs and bids from at least three vendors, or formal competitive procurement above the $250,000 simplified acquisition threshold.
Start small on purpose
The fastest first engagement is a single crop in the micro-purchase lane under $10,000. It carries the smallest compliance surface and produces a complete audit trail we can then scale from.
Texas context
The Texas Department of Agriculture is administering $22,311,051 through the USDA Local Food for Schools program, spent through competitive state procurement.
USDA AMS — Local Food for Schools (Texas)Export the full directory as a spreadsheet
Download the current farm directory
A spreadsheet of every active farm in the FARM2CHEF network with city, crops, growing method, readiness score, and readiness band. Updated live from the platform database.