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Excess Competition among Food Hubs
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019 Food hubs offer a novel solution to connect small and mid-sized local farms, which individually lack the scale to profitably market their products. Because many food hubs rely on grants and philanthropy to provide services and are not necessarily profit ...
Rebecca Cleary +3 more
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Social entrepreneurship in agri-food systems: the case of food hubs
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2023 Abstract Food hubs are nascent organizational innovations in local and regional food systems. Although the number of food hubs in the U.S. has grown over the past decade, their purpose in the food system is still debated. There is a lack of clarity in whether food hubs primarily pursue a social mission, economic value creation, or both simultaneously ...
Tatevik Avetisyan +2 more
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Local food hubs in deprived areas: de-stigmatising food poverty? [PDF]
Local Environment, 2019 This paper aims to explore the potential of “local food hubs” to address issues of stigma associated with the use of food banks in urban deprived areas. “Local Food Hubs” are a relocalised distribution channel, however, like other Alternative Agro-Food Networks (AAFNs), it can be an elite phenomenon for affluent areas and consumers.
Harris Kaloudis +2 more
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Toward a More Expansive Understanding of Food Hubs
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 A review of the uses of the term "food hub" reveals a dynamic and evolving concept. Since planners need to understand these various uses, we offer a preliminary framework for a food hub typology. We also suggest attributes and a definition that should be
Megan Horst +5 more
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Impact of food hubs on food security and sustainability: Food hubs perspectives from Leeds, UK
Food PolicyGemma Bridge, Effie Papargyropoulou
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Assessing Sustainability Priorities of U.S. Food Hub Managers: Results from a National Survey
Foods, 2023 Food hubs have emerged as innovative alternatives to the conventional United States food system. As aggregators of small local farms, food hubs hold the potential to transform food production, distribution, and consumption, while fostering environmental ...
Haniyeh Shariatmadary +3 more
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Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
Land, 2023 Despite the extensive literature on Local Agro-food Systems (LAFS), which involves research on local food identity and organisational proximity, the environmental sustainability of these systems has rarely been addressed.
Javier Sanz-Cañada +2 more
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Food hubs play an essential role in the COVID-19 response in Hawai‘i
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021 Community food security and food systems resilience have received much emphasis in the last two decades, at least partially in response to mounting challenges and pressures on the global food system.
Saleh Azizi Fardkhales, Noa Lincoln
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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021 This study focuses on how 10 food hubs in the U.S. Inland Northwest resourced their start-up and development before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Case studies include cooperative, government agency, nonprofit, and family-owned food
Darin Saul +2 more
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Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community DevelopmentFood systems are increasingly complex and face threats from interconnected shocks with cascading effects. There is a need for strategies that increase food system resilience, including food hubs—a type of alternative food network that aims to enhance ...
Lindsay Harris +2 more
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