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'Living Goods' Barcode App Would Simplify Buying Local

First Posted: 04/14/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:30 PM ET

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One of 18 Greener Gadgets finalists, the AUG/Living Goods Program is a conceptual mobile phone app that scans product barcodes and then instantly gives the low-down on the producer, how far the food has come, if the product is in season, historical pricing, detailed consumer ratings and your own purchasing history.

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One of 18 Greener Gadgets finalists, the AUG/Living Goods Program is a conceptual mobile phone app that scans product barcodes and then instantly gives the low-down on the producer, how far the food h...
One of 18 Greener Gadgets finalists, the AUG/Living Goods Program is a conceptual mobile phone app that scans product barcodes and then instantly gives the low-down on the producer, how far the food h...
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higherstrategy
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10:50 PM on 02/14/2010
some 'paper' the grocery store puts up is supposed to
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what i'm buying from a mass seller of food for as cheep as possible is telling me the truth?

I'd rather grow it or buy it from the grower at a Farmers Market on the weekend.
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cabinetmaniac
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04:44 PM on 02/14/2010
Interesting

Conceptual is right.

I guess they have to incorporate a scanner in the phone to make this work.

I don't want the info after purchase it would have to work while shopping.

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