Food Hub Center

2016 National Food Hub Conference

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Food Hub Benchmarking Study

New financial data from the emerging local food sector provides an in-depth look at the growth—and growing pains—of wholesale intermediaries called food hubs. These social enterprises combine food aggregation/distribution business services with programs that strengthen farmer capacity to supply nearby markets

The COUNTING VALUES: Food Hub Financial Benchmarking Study draws on financial and operational data from 48 of the more than 300 regional food hubs in the nation.such as restaurants, grocery stores, schools, universities and hospitals.

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Featured Resources

Regional Food Hub Resource Guide	Findings of the 2015 National Food Hub Survey	Wholesome Wave's Food Hub Business Assessment Toolkit

What is a food hub?

A regional food hub is a business or organization that actively manages the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of source-identified food products primarily from local and regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy wholesale, retail, and institutional demand.

Red Tomato created this informative video on what a food hub does:

The NGFN Food Hub Collaboration supports the success of existing and developing hubs. Read a summary of our approach.

Research & Resources

Look in the left sidebar for a list of some of the best papers and presentations on food hubs. Or click here for titles and descriptions.
USDA's Food Hub Page
The Making Good Food Work conference website has a great set of resources here and here.
The Sustainable Agriculture and Research Program (SAREP) at UC Davis has many resources on food hubs and values-based supply chains.
Financing Healthy Food Options Resource Bank from the US Treasury CDFI Fund
2013 Food Hub Benchmarking Report

Study Hubs

The NGFN Food Hub Collaboration has selected nine Study Hubs from across the country to broadly inform the strategies and activities of food hubs nationwide. We will work closely with these food hubs and report extensively on their progress so that we may all learn from their models, challenges, and successes. As a group, the Study Hubs represent a balance of model and legal structure, age of enterprise, scale, markets served, and region of the country. Learn more about these innovators.

NGFN Webinars

Some webinars we've hosted relevant to food hubs.

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Excellent Partner Webinars

Food Hubs: What are They? Why do They Matter to the Northeast? from Farm Credit East

Assistance for Food Hubs: Consultant Database

The Wallace Center maintains a database of technical assistance providers to help us facilitate technical assistance to community based businesses and organizations.

Are you a consultant? You can submit your most recent CV for our Professional Register through this announcement.

Are you in need of technical assistance or food systems consulting? Please contact us for more information about our consultant matchmaking assistance.

Funding Sources

USDA’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” Regional Food Hub Subcommittee created an edited selection of USDA programs that have previously supported regional food hubs, with examples of funded projects.

US Food Hubs - Map

Click map below for an interactive map on PolicyMap. You may also add other layers such as food desert areas, food system technical assistance providers and more.

US Food Hubs - Full List

Sorted by state. Are we missing any? Please let us know!

Food Hub Name	City	State
Grow Alabama	Birmingham	AL
Manna Market	Birmingham	AL
Moore Farms and Friends	Woodland	AL
Old Soul Organics & More	Fayetteville	AR
Arkansas Delta Seeds of Change, Inc.	Forrest City	AR
Foodshed Farm - All Arkansas Basket-A-Month Program	Grady	AR
Farm2Work	Little Rock	AR
Little Rock Local Food Club	Little Rock	AR
Russellville Community Market	Russellville	AR
YCGrown, the Yavapai County Farmers & Ranchers Cooperative	Chino Valley	AZ
Downtown Phoenix Public Market (Community Food Connections)	Phoenix	AZ
Chow Locally	Phoenix	AZ
Hayden Flour Mills, LLC	Tempe	AZ
Capay Valley Farm Shop	Esparto	CA
Village Market Place	Los Angeles	CA
eroots	Los Angeles	CA
Inland Orange Conservancy (Old Grove Oranges)	Mentone	CA
Farm 2 Family Direct	Nevada City	CA
Mandela Foods Cooperative (Mandela Marketplace)	Oakland	CA
Phat Beets Produce	Oakland	CA
Ojai Pixie Growers Association	Ojai	CA
Agriculture and Land-based Training Association (ALBA) Organics	Salinas	CA
New Roots Food Hub at the International Rescue Committee (IRC)	San Diego	CA
LolaBee's Harvest	San Francisco	CA
Veritable Vegetable	San Francisco	CA
Harvest Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	CA
Santa Monica Farmers Markets	Santa Monica	CA
Sonoma Organics	Sebastopol	CA
f.e.e.d. Sonoma	Sebastopol	CA
South Central Farmers Cooperative, LLC	Sun Valley	CA
Tahoe Food Hub	Truckee	CA
Good Food Concepts dba Ranch Foods Direct LLC	Colorado Springs	CO
Homestead Meats	Delta	CO
High Plains Food Coop	Denver	CO
LoCo Food Distribution	Fort Collins	CO
Arkansas Valley Organic Growers	Fowler	CO
The Farmer’s Cow	Lebanon	CT
Connecticut Farm Fresh Express, LLC	East Haddam	CT
HighlandArt Farm	Bloomfield	CT
DC Central Kitchen	Washington	DC
Battens Farmers Market & Davie Agri-tourism Center	Davie	FL
Immokalee State Farmers Market	Immoklee	FL
FarmFresh2U.us	Longwood	FL
New North Florida Cooperative	Marianna	FL
Panhandle Fresh Marketing Association	Milton	FL
Red Hill Online Farmers Market	Tallahassee	FL
Suncoast Food Alliance	Tampa Bay	FL
Fulton County Cooperative Fresh Mobile Farmers' Market	Atlanta	GA
The Turnip Truck	Atlanta	GA
Global Growers Network	Avondale Estates	GA
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown	Clarksville	GA
Coastal Georgia Small Farmers Cooperative	Glenville	GA
Revival Foods	Savannah	GA
Second Harvest of South Georgia	Valdosta	GA
Iowa Valley Food Cooperative	Amana	IA
GROWN Locally	Decorah	IA
Iowa Food Hub	Decorah	IA
Iowa Food Cooperative	Des Moines	IA
Grass Run Farms	Dorchester	IA
Annie's Garden and Greens	Ft. Atkinson	IA
Idaho's Bounty	Garden City	ID
Six Rivers Market	Sandpoint	ID
Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market	Chicago	IL
Goodness Greenness	Chicago	IL
Gourmet Gorilla, Inc.	Chicago	IL
Healthy Food Hub	Chicago	IL
Chicago Local Foods, LLC (dba Local Foods)	Chicago	IL
Illiana Ag Alliance	Casey	IL
Red Meat Market	Chicago	IL
Stewards of the Land	Fairbury	IL
Good Earth Food Alliance CSA	Farmington	IL
Irv & Shelly's Fresh Picks	Niles	IL
Angelic Organics Learning Center--Roots and Wings Network	Rockford	IL
Windcrest Dairy Inc	Trenton	IL
This Old Farm, Inc	Colfax	IN
Green B.E.A.N. Delivery	Indianapolis	IN
Hoosier Harvest Market	Greenfield	IN
Adaptations, Inc.	Captain Cook	HI
The Food Basket, Inc.	Hilo	HI
Oahu Fresh	Honolulu	HI
Center for Creative Food Systems	Honolulu	HI
Hui Aloha ‘Aina Momona	Kaneohe	HI
Good Natured Family Farms	Bronson	KS
Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance	Lawrence	KS
Campbell County Beef Association	Cold Spring	KY
Green B.E.A.N. Delivery	Louisville	KY
Grow Farms (Horton Fruit Company)	Louisville	KY
Holly Grove Market and Farm	New Orleans	LA
Red Tomato	Canton	MA
Boston Organics	Charlestown	MA
Berkshire Organics Delivery	Dalton	MA
South Shore Organics	Duxbury	MA
Common Wealth CSA	Greenfield	MA
Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center	Greenfield	MA
Organic Renaissance, LLC / OR FoodEx	Lexington	MA
Farm Direct Coop	Marblehead	MA
Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers & Artisans Market	Nantucket	MA
Azuluna	North Grafton	MA
Massachusetts Local Food Cooperative	Sterling	MA
Northeast Family Farms, LLC	Woburn	MA
Washington's Green Grocer	Capital Heights	MD
Maryland Farm to Table Produce	Baltimore	MD
Friends and Farms	Columbia	MD
Hometown Harvest	Frederick	MD
Garrett Growers Cooperative, Inc.	Oakland	MD
Farm Fresh Connection LLC	Freeport	ME
Northern Girl, LLC	Limestone	ME
World PEAS Marketing Cooperative	Lowell	ME
Crown O' Maine Organic Cooperative	North Vassalboro	ME
Fresh Start Farms CSA	Portland	ME
Rosemont Produce Company	Portland	ME
Walsma and Lyons	Byron Center	MI
Harvest Michigan	Clarkston	MI
Eastern Market	Detroit	MI
West Michigan Cooperative	Grand Rapids	MI
Cherry Capital Foods	Traverse City	MI
Thousand Hills Cattle Company	Cannon Falls	MN
Hidden Stream Farm LLC	Elgin	MN
Big River Farms (Minnesota Food Association)	Marine on St. Croix	MN
Co-op Partners Warehouse (Wedge Natural Foods Co-op)	St. Paul	MN
Hmong American Farmers Association	St. Paul	MN
Sprout MN	Brainerd	MN
Twin Cities Local Food	Webster	MN
Root Cellar	Columbia	MO
Beans and Greens Mobile Market	Kansas City	MO
Fresh Food Express, LLC	Kansas City	MO
Farmer Girl Grassfed & Pasture Raised Meats	Warrenton	MO
Green BEAN Delivery	O'Fallon	MO
St. Louis Food Hub	St. Louis	MO
Eat Here St Louis LLC	St. Louis	MO
Farm to You, LLC	Washington	MO
Webb City Farmers Market	Webb City	MO
Foot Print Farms	Jackson	MS
Ocean Springs Fresh Market	Ocean Springs	MS
Indian Springs Farmer Cooperative Association	Petal	MS
Western Montana Growers Cooperative	Arlee	MT
Big Sky Local Food	Big Sky	MT
Market Day Foods	Bozeman	MT
Quality Foods Distributing	Bozeman	MT
Western North Carolina Farmers Market	Asheville	NC
High Country CSA	Banner Elk	NC
North Carolina Natural Hog Growers Association	Beulaville	NC
Feast Down East	Burgaw	NC
Farmer Foodshare Pennies on the Pound (POP) Market	Chapel Hill	NC
GO Local NC Farms, LLC	Concord	NC
Firsthand Foods, LLC	Durham	NC
Community Nutrition Partnership	Durham	NC
Polk Fresh Foods, Inc.	Mill Spring	NC
Pilot Mountain Pride	Pilot Mountain	NC
Eastern Carolina Organics	Pittsboro	NC
The Produce Box	Raleigh	NC
Raleigh State Farmers Market	Raleigh	NC
Working Landscapes	Warrenton	NC
Christopher Produce	Waynesville	NC
New River Organic Growers	West Jefferson	NC
Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative	Whispering Pines	NC
Down East Connect	Whiteville	NC
Walking Fish Cooperative	Beaufort	NC
Nebraska Food Cooperative	Lincoln	NE
Tomāto Tomäto	Omaha	NE
North Country Farmers Coop	Colebrook	NH
Miles Smith Farm	Loudon	NH
Tri-County Cooperative	East Windsor	NJ
Agri-Cultura Network	Albuquerque	NM
La Montanita	Albuquerque	NM
Skarsgard Farms	Albuquerque	NM
Beneficial Farm CSA	Santa Fe	NM
Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute	Santa Fe	NM
Rio Arriba Farms CSA	Abiquiu	NM
Great Basin Community Food Cooperative/Distributors of Regional and Organic Produce and Products	Reno	NV
FarmieMarket Online	Albany	NY
Field Goods	Athens	NY
Brook Glen Farm	Bainbridge	NY
Greenmarket Co.	Bronx	NY
Growing Green Mobile Market	Buffalo	NY
Eden Valley Growers.com	Eden	NY
Grange Co-packer, LLC	Essex	NY
Adirondack Grazers Cooperative	Greenwich	NY
Finger Lakes Fresh Food Hub	Groton	NY
Lucky Dog Local Food Hub	Hamden	NY
Regional Access, Inc.	Ithaca	NY
Farm to Table Co-packers	Kingston	NY
CHQ Local Food Inc.	Mayville	NY
North Country Grown Cooperative	Massena	NY
Winter Sun Farms	New Paltz	NY
Corbin Hill Road Farm	New York	NY
Farmshed Harvest	New Woodstock	NY
Farm-to-Chef	Modena	NY
Foodlink	Rochester	NY
Good Food Collective-Head Water Foods, Inc	Rochester	NY
Small World Food	Rochester	NY
Northeast Livestock Processing Service Company, LLC	Sprakers	NY
Central New York Regional Market	Syracuse	NY
Shagbark Seed and Mill Company	Athens	OH
Chesterhill Produce Auction	Chesterhill	OH
Green B.E.A.N. Delivery	Cincinnati	OH
Our Harvest Cooperative	Cincinnati	OH
The West Side Market	Cleveland	OH
Green B.E.A.N. Delivery	Columbus	OH
Great River Organics	Columbus	OH
Miami Valley Farm to Chef	Dayton	OH
Fair Ridge Farms	Hillsboro	OH
New Agrarian Center	Oberlin	OH
Local Roots Market & Café (Wooster Local Foods Cooperative)	Wooster	OH
Grow Youngstown	Youngstown	OH
Lake to River Food Hub	Youngstown	OH
Oklahoma Food Cooperative	Oklahoma City	OK
Urban Agrarian	Oklahoma City	OK
Organic Produce Warehouse	Ashland	OR
Central Oregon Locavore	Bend	OR
Country Natural Beef	Burns	OR
Eugene Local Foods	Eugene	OR
Organically Grown Company	Eugene	OR
Adelante Mujeres Distributor	Forest Grove	OR
Eat Oregon First	Hillsboro	OR
Gorge Grown Food Network	Hood River	OR
Hood River Organic, Inc.	Hood River	OR
Oregon City Farmers Market	Oregon City	OR
Portland Growers Alliance	Portland	OR
Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative	Hustontown	PA
Lackawaxen Farm Company	Honesdale	PA
Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative	Leola	PA
Meadville Market House	Meadville	PA
Northwest Pennsylvania Growers Cooperative, Inc.	Mercer	PA
GroundWork Farms	Millheim	PA
Common Market Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA
Fair Food Philly	Philadelphia	PA
Greensgrow Farm	Philadelphia	PA
Philly CowShare	Philadelphia	PA
Penn's Corner Farm Alliance	Pittsburgh	PA
Clarion River Organics	Sligo	PA
Farm Fresh Rhode Island - Market Mobile	Pawtucket	RI
Little City Growers	Providence	RI
GrowFood Carolina	Charleston	SC
South Carolina State Farmers Market	West Columbia	SC
Good Food for Good People	Nashville	TN
Nashville Grown	Nashville	TN
Cumberland Farmer's Market	Sewanee	TN
Farm to Table Texas	Austin	TX
Greenling	Austin	TX
Rosewood Fresh Food Hub	Austin	TX
CitySprout	Austin	TX
Cross Timbers Food Cooperative	Denton	TX
Centro Obrero del Fronterizo, Inc. dba La Mujer Obrera	El Paso	TX
Divine Leaders Inc.	Houston	TX
Bountiful Sprout	Wimberley	TX
Appalachian Harvest (Appalachian Sustainable Development)	Abingdon	VA
Arcadia	Alexandria	VA
Horse and Buggy Produce	Charlottesville	VA
Local Food Hub	Charlottesville	VA
Relay Foods	Charlottesville	VA
Blue Ridge Produce Company	Elkwood	VA
Virginia Natural Fish Company	Farmville	VA
The Farm Table	Glen Allen	VA
Local Roots Food Co-Op/Lulus Local Food	Goochland	VA
Off the Vine Market Inc.	Williamsburg	VA
The Fresh Link	Locust Dale	VA
EcoFriendly Foods	Moneta	VA
Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association	Oak Grove	VA
Fields of Athenry	Purcellville	VA
Olin-Fox Farms	Reedville	VA
Fall Line Farms/Lulus Local Food	Richmond	VA
Shenandoah Food	Rockbridge Baths	VA
Coastal Farms, Inc.	Windsor	VA
Windham Food and Farm Network	Brattleboro	VT
Intervale Food Hub	Burlington	VT
Farmers to You	Calais	VT
Deep Root Organic Cooperative	Johnson	VT
Food Works at Two Rivers - Farm-to-Table program	Montpelier	VT
Joe's CSA	Montpelier	VT
Green Mountain Farm Direct	Newport	VT
Black River Produce	North Springfield	VT
Vermont Quality Meats	Rutland	VT
Saint Johnsbury Local Food Alliance	St. Johnsbury	VT
Mad River Food Hub	Waitsfield	VT
Fish Hawk Acres	Rock Cave	WV
Acme Farms and Kitchen	Acme	WA
Growing Washington	Bellingham	WA
Full Circle Farm	Carnation	WA
Northwest Farm Fresh	Chewelah	WA
Nooksack Valley Farmers Cooperative	Everson	WA
North Sound Food Hub	Mt Vernon	WA
Viva Farms	Mt Vernon	WA
Okanogan Producers Marketing Association	Okanogan	WA
Northwest Regional Food Hub	Richland	WA
Queen Anne Farmers Market	Seattle	WA
Shepherd's Grain	Spokane	WA
21 Acres Center for Local Food and Sustainable Living Food Hub	Woodinville	WA
Seattle Tilth	Seattle	WA
Parrfection Produce	Albany	WI
Appleton Food Hub	Appleton	WI
Chequamegon Food Co-op	Ashland	WI
Fennimore Produce Auction	Fennimore	WI
Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative	Madison	WI
Wisconsin Home Harvest	Reedsburg	WI
Fifth Season Cooperative	Viroqua	WI
Bayfield Regional Food Producers Coop	Washburn	WI
CROPP Cooperative	Westby	WI
Neesvig's, Inc.	Windsor	WI
Driftless Co-Option	Viroqua	WI
Auburndale Food Cooperative	Auburndale	WI
Monroe Farm Market Cooperative	Union	WV

NGFN Food Hub Collaboration

The NGFN Food Hub Collaboration is a partnership between Wallace Center at Winrock International, USDA, National Good Food Network, and others including Wholesome Wave, Farm Credit Council, Michigan State University, National Farm to School Network and School Food FOCUS. The Collaboration is working to ensure the success of existing and emerging food hubs in the US by building capacity through connection, outreach, research, technical assistance and partnerships. By supporting this crucial player in the value chain we aim to accelerate the growth of regional food systems that make healthy and affordable food available to all communities while fostering viable markets of scale for regionally focused producers.

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