Robert Harris is so proud of the local products he uses in his catering that he adorned tables at a recent event with a map showing where the dinner ingredients were grown or made. It’s a great tool to demonstrate to our clients the care that we take in sourcing,’’ said Harris, chef and owner of Season to Taste Catering and The Table, a 10-seat restaurant, both in Cambridge.
The map he used was produced with Sourcemap, a local start-up that combines mapping software with carbon footprint information to help people track the carbon used to produce the things they eat, use, and wear. Its original vision was as a YouTube of the supply chain, allowing people to post supplier information and share it with their friends. Now, founder and chief executive Leonardo Bonanni, who created Sourcemap as his PhD thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is moving to emphasize its commercial side.