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<strong>Food</strong> Hub Potentials- from one food hub survey respondent -THEN (1989)“I had been an organic farmer from 1979 to 1989…. [and] I realized whatwas needed was a food distributor focused on helping farmers get accessto larger urban markets than they already had.”“We started with $20,000 in savings, bought 1 refrigerated truck and acomputer, used a spare bedroom as an office and our garage as our initialwarehouse.”NOW (2010)• A regional distributor with over 100 suppliers, many of whom aresmall and mid-sized producers, offering over 7000 products to a widerange of market channels, including food cooperatives, grocery stores,institutions, corners stores, and food banks.• Own a 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse and 11 trucks, with 34 full-time paidemployees and over $6 million in gross sales for 2010.3/23/2011
Upcoming <strong>Food</strong> Hub Findings• Further findings from the food hub online survey data, suchas comparing nascent food hubs to more mature operationsalong a number of the variables• Summary findings from the public market data and theirrole as food hubs• Summary findings from the phone interviews, whichincludes information on challenges and opportunities forgrowth, financial viability of operation, and triple bottomline impacts within their communities3/23/2011
Page 1 and 2: Understanding the scope andscale of
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Page 5 and 6: KYF2 Food Hub Work PlanWith assista
Page 9 and 10: Local Food Hub- Charlottesville, VA
Page 11 and 12: 3/23/2011Identified Food Hubs to Da
Page 13 and 14: Local Food Hub- Charlottesville, VA
Page 15 and 16: The Regional Food Hub Collaboration
Page 17 and 18: Preliminary Findings from Food Hub
Page 19: Food Hub Online SurveyCompleted Sur
Page 22 and 23: Food Hub Maturity3/23/2011Number of
Page 24 and 25: 3/23/2011Food Product Categories Of
Page 26 and 27: Food Hub Suppliers3/23/2011Number o
Page 28 and 29: 3/23/2011Operational Services/Activ
Page 30 and 31: 3/23/2011Community Services/Activit
Page 32 and 33: Annual Gross Sales by Food Hub for
Page 34 and 35: Summary of Findings- The Archetypal
Page 38 and 39: The Regional Food Hub Collaboration
Page 40 and 41: USDA Contact InformationErrol Bragg

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