Case study
Tlaloc Harvest
Community food-waste platform with logistics and sustainability workflows
A launch-ready product foundation for coordinating surplus food redistribution across residents, businesses, volunteers, and community partners.
Problem
The product needed to coordinate surplus food, community participation, logistics, sustainability goals, and partner-facing workflows in one coherent experience.
Constraints
- The platform had to support multiple participant types rather than a single buyer/seller workflow.
- The product needed to communicate social impact without losing operational clarity.
- Food redistribution introduces location, timing, coordination, and trust constraints.
- The early product needed enough structure to support future growth without overbuilding the first release.
Role
Built product workflows and launch-ready web application architecture for an early-stage sustainability platform.
Solution
Multi-sided workflow model
The product experience accounts for residents, businesses, volunteers, coordinators, and community partners rather than treating the platform as a simple listing board.
Impact-oriented product structure
The site and application language connect sustainability goals with concrete actions such as sharing surplus food, coordinating pickups, and tracking community participation.
Foundation for operational growth
The architecture leaves room for logistics, partner programs, community incentives, and reporting as the model matures.
Outcome
The result is a credible early product foundation for a complex community and logistics problem. Public metrics are not available, so the outcome is stated as a shipped launch-ready platform and clearer product model.
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