Agricultural Marketing Service - Food Hub Resources

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Building a Sustainable Business_SARE Report (PDF)

Food Hubs and Food Safety Regulations (PDF)

Food Hubs in GA_Baseline Survey 2012 (PDF)

Hudson Valley Food Hubs Initiative (PDF)

Multi-Stakeholder Cooperative Manual (PDF)

Zoning Lessons Learned Regarding Food Hubs (PDF)

Food Hubs and Values Based Aggregation and Distribution (PDF)

Grower’s Manual: A Template for Grower Cooperatives (PDF)

People’s Harvest/The North Coast Aggregation and Marketing Center (PDF)

Farm-To-School-Distribution-Cost-Template (XLS)

Healthy Food Systems: A Toolkit for Building Value Chains (PDF)

Ready to Grow: A Plan for Increasing Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Production (PDF)

Insurance Coverage Options for Fresh Produce Growers (PDF)

Mid-Tier Food Chain Enterprises Overview and Underwriting (PDF)

Feasiblity Studies and Assessments

Feasibility Study for Establishing a Local Food Distribution Initiative in Niagara and Hamilton (PDF)

Feasibility Study for Food Processing Cooperative to Support Locally Grown Product into Schools (PDF)

Central Indiana Food Hub Feasibility Study (PDF)

Food Hub Needs Assessment in GA (PDF)

Grand Traverse Regional Market Feasibility Study (PDF)

The Common Market Feasibility Study (PDF)

Cooperative Feasibility Study Guide (PDF)

Local Food System Assessment for Northern Virginia (PDF)

Southern Wisconsin Food Hub Feasibility Study (PDF)

Food Hubs Central Puget Sound Food System Assessment (PDF)

Business Tips and Guides

A Practitioner’s Guide to Resources and Publications on Food Hubs (PDF)

Tips for selling to Aggregators, Grower Marketing Co-ops (PDF)

Tips for selling to Wholesale Buyers at Terminal Markets (PDF)

Building Successful Food Hubs: A Business Planning Guide (PDF)

Financial Resources

Access to Capital Report (PDF)

Federal Resources for Sustainable Rural Communities (PDF)

Potential USDA Programs to Support Regional Food Hub Development (PDF)

Additional Resources for Supporting Food Hub Work (PDF)

Guide to Federal Funding for Local and Regional Food Systems First Edition (PDF)

Beyond the USDA (PDF)

Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches and Communities (PDF)

Financial Resources Catalogue (PDF)

Additional Information


		Food and Nutrition Service's Farm to School Program


		Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food


		USDA Blog


		Rural Development


		Agricultural Marketing Service's Marketing Services Division

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Last Modified Date: 10/28/2013