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.
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Headquarters
= Food Hubs Collective Impact
= Working Landscapes: Warren County
= Sandhills AgInnovation Center: Richmond County
= TRACTOR Food and Farms: Mitchell County
= Feast Down East: Pender County
= Men and Women United: Columbus County
= Farmer Foodshare: Durham County
= Foothills Food Hub: McDowell County
= High Country Food Hub: Watauga County
WHAT IS A FOOD HUB?
Food hubs are businesses and organizations that create new market opportunities for multiple small farms by aggregating, storing, distributing, and marketing locally-sourced foods to retail, institutional, and/or wholesale customers.
Food Hubs: How it Works
““Food hubs are a crucial, but often overlooked, part of the local food system. They help small farms grow by offering a combination of production, distribution, and marketing services. Some are physical spaces, some virtual online spaces, but all are concerned with connecting the dots between producers and consumers of food in local and regional food systems.” ”