Food hubs link consumers with locally farmed food – Missoula Winter Public Market

Move over farmers’ markets. More than 300 food hubs around the country are also providing small farms another outlet to sell locally raised food to consumers.

There’s no one model for a food hub — it depends on the market, the location and what it is grown in that area. Some collect food from farms and dole it out to customers in weekly deliveries. Other hubs help consumers, restaurants, colleges and institutions to source food online. But producers, consumers and experts all say food hubs have an important thing in common: it’s an efficient way to get locally raised food to those clamoring for it.

By Lisa Rathke

Full Story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765665070/Food-hubs-link-consumers-with-locally-farmed-food.html

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