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- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
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- Subject: [Market-farming] anyone working with a food hub?
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:55:52 -0400 (EDT)
We just had an email go out in our area, that a food hub has opened at a
nearby (less than 20miles) agricultural teaching center. They've been
pretty active in our area for sustainable ag, but I didn't know this was a part
of their big plan until I saw the email. The food hub itself is being
managed by an entity called Local Orbit, which apparently has some experience
with food hubs in various parts of the country. The deal is that we the
seller, would contract with them to drop off whatever we have to sell that week
at their location. Then customers would agree to pick up there, and/or get
deliveries from there. I'm not clear on some of the details yet, for
instance who sets pricing and whether I need to direct my customers there, or
they expect customers to show up looking for product. Possibly both.
I mainly wanted to know if anyone on the list has any experience with a
setup like this. They are NOT calling themselves a CSA, and they are
telling sellers that it's a wholesale distribution, so they do get some of the
proceeds. There's no fee for the service, just "a piece of the
action". At first that was a turnoff, but frankly I'd pay that at the
farmer's market anyway. I'll be doing some more reading tonight on how the
pricing works and who sets the price, and where that all goes. But
I'm thinking hard about joining up. We've had a heckuva time this year
drumming up direct customers, for a variety of oddball reasons. So this
sounds appealing to us. Any comments or experiences, good bad or
otherwise?
Kathryn Kerby frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA |
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[Market-farming] anyone working with a food hub?,
KAKerby, 09/12/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] anyone working with a food hub?, Vern and Amy, 09/12/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] anyone working with a food hub?,
KatherineLMF, 09/16/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] anyone working with a food hub?, Marlin Burkholder, 09/17/2012
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [Market-farming] anyone working with a food hub?,
KAKerby, 09/13/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] anyone working with a food hub?, grizzdover, 09/13/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] anyone working with a food hub?, Jay Sleichter, 09/17/2012
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