TURN YOUR VIRTUAL FARM INTO A REAL ONE
Le Verdure Del Mio Orto: The vegetables from my Garden
I love the idea behind this start-up! FarmVille has become the most popular game app on Facebook, with 73.8 Million active users in January 2010 (Wikipedia).
Hoping to extend this addictive online habit into the real world, is the service ‘Le Verdure Del Mio Orto (’The Vegetables from my Garden’). The company lets you build an organic farm online and once you start ‘growing’ your own produce, it is harvested and delivered to your door within 24 hours. Springwise is calling this trend ‘community supported agriculture’.
How it works? Users first select a garden size based on the number of people they’d like to feed;for e.g 30m2 is enough to feed 1–2 people and costs EUR 850 per year. The virtual gardener can then choose from 40 different types of vegetables, and is given information on expected yields and harvest times. Optional extras include a photo album of the garden’s progress (EUR 49), herb and fruit beds (EUR 50/75), and even a scarecrow with a picture of the customer’s own face (EUR 39). Once the garden has been designed and fees paid, planting begins on the farm, which is located between Milan and Turin in northern Italy. (via Stella)
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Jung von Matt/Neckar Bewegungsmelder » Blog Archive » Vom virtuellen zum realen Bauernhof. said this on January 7th, 2010 at 4:22 am