The National Food Hub Survey is a longitudinal research project conducted biennially since 2012. These surveys are the primary source for longitudinal data on this business sector.

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The role of food hubs in food supply chains

Competitiveness of Small Farms and Innovative Food Supply Chains: The Role of Food Hubs in Creating Sustainable Regional and Local Food Systems

Creating Food Value Chain Transformations through Regional Food Hubs: A Review Article

Local food, food democracy, and food hubs

Toward a more expansive understanding of food hubs

Are Food Hubs Sustainable? An Analysis of Social and Environmental Objectives of U.S. Food Hubs

Food Hubs and Short Food Supply Chain, Efforts to Realize Regional Food Distribution Center

Local food hubs in deprived areas: de-stigmatising food poverty?

Building sustainable food systems through food hubs: Practitioner and academic perspectives

Complexity and food hubs: five case studies from Northern Ontario

Food Security: The Urban Food Hubs Solution

Multi-Actor Social Networks: A Social Practice Approach to Understanding Food Hubs On funding for food hubs

Building Success of Food Hubs Through the Cooperative Experience - A Case Study Perspective

Excess Competition among Food Hubs

Assessing the Economic Impacts of Food Hubs on Regional Economies: A Framework that Includes Opportunity Cost

Improving the capacity of local food network through local food hubs’ development

Running a food hub: Learning from Food Hub Closures

Infrastructuring Food Democracy: The Formation of a Local Food Hub in the Context of Socio-Economic Deprivation

Building resilience in nonprofit food hubs

Connecting small-scale producers and consumers: Exploring the feasibility of online food hubs in low-income communities

Food Hub Resources

Feasibility Studies

Funding/ Finance

E-commerce Platforms

Marketing

Distribution

Licensing and Insurance

Hiring

Food Safety

Production Planning

National Food Hub Survey Data

Published Open-Source Research