Maine entrepreneur brings digital efficiency to producers of food and its retail buyers

March 20, 2017

CashStar founder David Stone is launching Forager, a digital platform kind of like Amazon.com but for wholesalers of locally sourced foods, with plans to take it nationwide.

(Reprint from Portland Press Herald 3/20/2017) – One of Maine’s most successful serial entrepreneurs has launched a new business with the goal of advancing the local food economy into the digital age.

David Stone, who previously founded digital gift-card provider CashStar Inc. in Portland, has started a new Portland-based company called Forager1 LLC to develop a digital procurement platform for local food producers and the retailers who sell their products. Read more here.