FOOD HUB IMPACTS: 2022

All data from the NC Food Hub Economic Impact Assessment, June 2023, Matson Consulting, LLC

$8.2M

Total food hub sales

$821,704

Average yearly sales per food hub

Food hubs purchased

$5.35M

in food items from

496

producers in

73

North Carolina counties

$10,800

Average income per farm from food hub purchases

28%

Farms are minority-owned operations

North Carolina average: 3%

Food hub sales

Produce

65%


of sales

$2,294,289

Eggs

5%

$181,670

Meat

10%

$340,955

Value-added products

10%

$359,668

Dairy

2%

$75,768

91% sell produce, eggs and meat

73% sell value-added products

45% sell dairy products