What is a FOOD HUB?
(Sometimes also called a Food Collective)
Food Hubs connect small farmers & producers to buyers (wholesale & consumers) through a centralized distribution site or online marketplace.
A food hub, as defined by the USDA, is “a centrally located facility with a business management structure facilitating the aggregation, storage, processing, distributions, and/or marketing of locally/regionally produced food products.”
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Food Hubs:
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Why Buy from a Food Hub?
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South Sound Food Hubs
South Sound Fresh
Thurston/Mason Paul Miller 461 N Sweetgrass Ln Shelton 98584 (360) 545-5970 market@southsoundfresh.com SouthSoundFresh.LocalFoodMarketplace.com FB: @southsoundfresh Open year-round Thursdays, 1pm-7pm South Sound Fresh is an online marketplace of locally grown & produced food. We make it possible for farmers to work together to meet the growing demand for local, sustainable food in your area. Farmers benefit from the marketing, selling, packaging & delivering of their produce & prepared foods. Our marketplace delivers fresh, healthy, locally grown and produced food to you, the buyer, in a cost-effective manner on a weekly basis. Our weekly ordering period is from Sunday through Tuesday at midnight. We get pick lists out to farms & producers on Wednesday for them to harvest (or bake or make). Then we collect everything & deliver it to your door-step with no-contact home delivery on Thursday from 1-7pm. Check website for hours. Sales Info: Credit/Debit, Online Sales |
Southwest Washington Food Hub
Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor, Pierce, and Mason Emily Manke 7249 Cleanwater Drive Tumwater 98501 emily@agbizcenter.org swwafoodhub.com/ FB: @SWWAFoodHub April-December Southwest Washington Food Hub offers a Local Gourmet Box curated with the best our farmers have to offer. Each month high-quality seasonal produce, meat, and more from local farmers and artisans are boxed with recipes and bursting with goodness! Pick up once a month at our convenienty located warehouse in Tumwater. Pay by the month for $75 per box. Subscribe for the entire 2022 season (April-December 2022) with a one-time payment of $625; a $50 savings! Subscribe for the 2022 season (April-December 2022) with two payments of $325; a $25 savings! Sales Info:Credit/Debit, Online Sales |
Fresh from the Farm Guide Farms Participating in Local Food Hubs
Grays Harbor
Bee Organic Farm & Apiary Chehalis Valley Farm Lewis 3 Feathers Emu Ranch Lewis Boistfort Valley Farm Lewis Olde Achers Farm Lewis |
Mason
Hungry Hollow Farm Farm at Dry Creek Bed Skokomish Valley Farms Thurston Colvin Ranch Ellis Creek Farm Thurston Kirsop Farm Thurston Lost Peacock Creamery Prairie Oak Farm Thurston Rising River Farm Thurston Skipping Stone Garden Thurston |