Let’s Make The Perfect Farmers Market Bag
I’ve talked before about how much thought and preparation I put into getting all my farmers market produce home undamaged. Though the tactics I use work decently well, they are by no means perfect and are more than a little bit of a hassel.
To address my farmers market bag problem more directly I’m partnering with Quirky, and we need your help. Call upon your inner super genius to help us design a new farmers market bag that will let me shop at the farmers market without coming home to a bag of crushed tomatoes.
If you aren’t familiar with Quirky, they turns great ideas into amazing products. For this Brief project they have been cool enough to wave the normal submission fee. So if you have an idea for a revolutionary new farmers market bag, submit it at Quirky by next Monday. The winning design will be chosen on Friday, December 10, and will be produced and sold to shoppers.
Learn more about the Quirky process here
The official write up on my project is below. Watch the video for more info about my bag problem.
I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Brief #9: Let’s Make The Perfect Farmers Market Bag
For this week’s Quirky Brief, we’re partnering with Darya Pino, a San Francisco-based scientist, foodie, and writer. Her popular blog, Summer Tomato, offers tips and advice on healthy eating, especially for foodies in urban areas.
When we first met Darya, she told us all about a food shopping problem that drives her crazy. Whenever she shops at her local farmers market, she inevitably comes home to bruised produce.
She’s taken to bringing two separate bags – a big one for heavy stuff and a smaller one for delicate fruits and veggies — along with a Tupperware set for isolating vulnerable produce and a handful of biodegradable plastic bags for separating purchases.
Four different products, just to go shopping? There’s gotta be a better way to port produce.
Quirky community and Summer Tomato readers, let’s unite to create the perfect farmers market bag.
We flew out to San Francisco to check out the problem firsthand at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, and we captured the crux of it in the video. Watch it, and once inspiration strikes, head to the Invent tab on Quirky.com to submit your idea for free!
I do like you, a few bags, a few tupperwares. And a backpack. I buy too much stuff to fit it all into one bag anyway.
You might want to try going to your local liquor shop and requesting one of those cardboard wine holder things. you could cut the bottom so it’s flush to lay on a flat surface, stick it inside one of those square-bottom reusable shopping bags, and voila.
Great idea! The heavier stuff could rest on top 🙂
i have taken everything in consideration after watching your video
and i designed a bag to fit your needs . 🙂
http://www.quirky.com/ideations/47674
two days left before the competition is over and i have only 30 votes !!!
can you help ?
All the best Angelo