About food hubs

According to the USDA, a food hub is "a centrally located facility with a business management structure facilitating the aggregation, storage, processing, distribution, and/or marketing of locally/regionally produced food products.” These values-driven enterprises are important tool for small and medium-scale growers to access wholesale and institutional markets.

Examples of food hubs in the Greater Sacramento region include:

• Capay Valley Farm Shop
• Next Generation Foods
• Spork Food Hub
• Tahoe Food Hub
• Yolo Food Hub

Resources

Food Hubs & Values-Based Supply Chains — UC SAREP

• Find a Food Hub — UC SAREP
• Food hubs & FSMA — UC SAREP
• Lessons Learned from a CA Food Hub Network Pilot: Role of UC in Nurturing Success for Food Hubs in California (Project of the UC Global Food Initiative, 2015-2017) (2017)
• A Practitioner’s Guide to Resources and Publications on Food Hubs and Values-Based Supply Chains: A Literature Review (2012)
• Food Hubs and Values-Based Supply Chains: A Toolkit for California Farmers and Ranchers (2012)

Sacramento Region Food Hub Feasibility Analysis (2014) — Sacramento Area Region of Governments