About the NC Food Hub Collaborative
The NC Food Hub Collaborative is a group of long-standing nonprofit, mostly-rural food hubs across North Carolina that came together to support each other’s growth and sustainability. While each hub has unique models, markets, and means, they have a common goal: to build a stronger local NC food system for all. The NC Food Hub Collaborative is a group of long-standing nonprofit, mostly-rural food hubs across North Carolina that came together to support each other’s growth and sustainability. While each hub has unique models, markets, and means, they have a common goal: to build a stronger local NC food system for all.
Food hubs in the NC Food Hub Collaborative are existing food hubs that have proven to have staying power in their communities. The average "age" of a food hub in the network is 8 years. In 2020, The Resourceful Communities Program formalized the NC Food Hub Collaborative, bringing together 8 existing food hubs throughout North Carolina to grow their impacts, both indivudually and collectively.
History of the NC Food Hub Collaborative
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