Your suburb has food challenges.
You have the solution.
Submit ideas. Community votes. Top idea gets the chance to launch.
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Your Suburb.
Your Food System.
Marrickville residents ideate food solutions. Upvote your favourite. Top idea gets the chance to launch.
3 Ideas Competing Now
Vote for your favourite. The top idea gets the opportunity to launch in Marrickville.
Inner West Mushroom Co.
Gourmet mushroom farm using coffee grounds from Feedback Organic's cafe network
Refugee Kitchen Collective
Kitchen incubator supporting refugee and migrant women to launch food businesses
First Nations Bush Tucker Hub
Connecting Indigenous bush food growers to Sydney restaurants, supporting food sovereignty
How it works
Five steps. No committees. The timeline is the contract.
Ideate
Anyone in the suburb writes a one-page pitch. What is the problem, who does it serve, how much will it take to test? Pitches go live within 48 hours.
Upvote
Community votes with one signal each. Weighted by postcode proximity. Anyone in greater Sydney can read, comment, and ask the proposer questions.
Fund
$5 minimum, $500 cap per backer, $500 target per idea. If a project misses target, every cent returns. No platform fee. Skin in the game.
Build
Funded ideas enter a ten-week build sprint with our community design team. Weekly standups posted publicly. Receipts up for everything billed.
Scale
Anything that works in one suburb is documented as a kit, indexed in the open library, and shared free with the next neighbourhood that wants to try.
From Your Neighbours
What happens when you back your own suburb
Stories from local supporters
"I donated $250 to the Marrickville Community Garden. Six months later, I walk past it with my kids every day."
"Best thing I've done for my neighbourhood. I see the cafe employing local kids every morning. That's what makes it worth it."
"What I love is the transparency. I can see exactly how the food hub is growing each month, how many families it serves."
3-Month Hyperlocal Campaign
A suburb-wide promotional push. Major corporates, local restaurants, pubs, and community partners all rally behind one question: Which food security project deserves to win?
Submit Ideas
Community members propose food security solutions. Ideas are reviewed for commercial viability and local impact.
Vote & Support
Hyperlocal promotion begins. Every stakeholder - cafes, pubs, corporates, community groups - promotes the top 3 projects. Residents vote AND donate ($50+ to back the winner).
Build & Launch
Winner receives community donations + $100K matched funding from major partners. Business launches with full commercial support.
Why Hyperlocal Matters
Every partner in Marrickville has a stake in solving food security. When the local pub, the corner cafe, major retailers, and community organizations all promote the same campaign, the entire suburb pays attention. This isn't top-down - it's bottom-up momentum at scale.