# Project Ewvie

> Project Ewvie is an operational food commodity trade experiment in Lagos, Nigeria, demand-aggregating commercial kitchens to source unadulterated palm oil, eggs, and plantains directly from source millers and farms.

> **Full Documentation**: Complete full-text dispatches, ticket telemetry, and financial data available at [https://emu.network/projects/ewvie/llms-full.txt](https://emu.network/projects/ewvie/llms-full.txt)

## Overview & Mission

In Nigerian city markets, commodity adulteration (e.g. stretching palm oil with water, sludge, or carcinogenic Sudan IV dye) is driven by volume inflation. Honest commercial kitchens face an impossible dilemma: buy adulterated market inputs and risk customer health, or pay 2.5× supermarket markups that destroy menu margins.

Project Ewvie aggregates recurring commercial demand across clusters of kitchens in Lagos, connecting them straight to verified millers and farm gates to secure uncompromised food and predictable unit costs.

## Key Chapters & Dispatches

- [Chapter 01: Reality - Why Chef P Cannot Buy Palm Oil in Peace](https://emu.network/projects/ewvie?chapter=1): How an Abuja culinary graduate discovered that her primary operational hurdle in Lagos was securing pure palm oil.
- [Chapter 02: Squeeze - The Commodity Trilemma](https://emu.network/projects/ewvie?chapter=2): Economic breakdown comparing the street shortcut (₦1,400 input basket, 60% gross margin) against the retail supermarket penalty (₦3,100 input basket, unviable margins).
- [Chapter 03: Thesis - Pooling Demand at the Root](https://emu.network/projects/ewvie?chapter=3): The operational framework for streaming aggregated downstream kitchen demand directly to upstream producers.
- [Chapter 04: Roadmap - Execution Board & Live Delivery Tickets](https://emu.network/projects/ewvie?chapter=4): Real-time Jira board tracking 14 field milestones, upstream sourcing, and 4,100 completed drops along the Lekki-Ajah corridor.
- [Chapter 05: Partner - Open Positions & Trade Partnerships](https://emu.network/projects/ewvie?chapter=5): Open roles on the field team and partner gateway.

## Direct Trade Gateway

- [Trade Operations & Direct Partnerships](https://emu.network/projects/ewvie/partner): Dedicated intake for commercial kitchen buyers, farm aggregators, and corridor transport partners.

## Verified Operational Track Record

- **Completed Delivery Drops**: 4,100 drops along the Lekki-Ajah corridor in Lagos.
- **Total Sales Value**: ₦66.18M in unadulterated food routed directly to kitchens.
- **Active Commodities**: Palm Olein, Pure Palm Oil, Farm Eggs, and Green Plantains.

## Links

- **Main Experience**: https://emu.network/projects/ewvie
- **Full Text Document**: https://emu.network/projects/ewvie/llms-full.txt
- **Partnership Intake**: https://emu.network/projects/ewvie/partner
- **Parent Network**: https://emu.network