Our research on similar initiatives: We explored the web to see if similar initiatives exist across the world. We came across below two initiatives which are close to our ideology but they differ in the scope of target audience and connectivity with local farms and farmers markets. Given the target audience population is quite larger with our initiative, we feel very confident that our program could become a reality. We did case study on Hyde County in North Carolina which is one of the prime food deserts in the state and came up with "Win-Win Formula" which takes very conservative approach and still the numbers look promising. You can review the case study here and our "Win-Win Formula" here.