Producer
Boston Food Hub
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Website: www.bostonfoodhub.com
About Us
Local Food with a Mission
With each purchase, you are supporting a more just supply chain in New England. As a program of Boston Area Gleaners, Boston Food Hub has social impact built into every step. The more business we generate for our food hub farmers, the more capacity they have to contribute fresh, local produce to food-insecure communities.
Our vision is to sustain a permanent agricultural supply chain that will improve the health and viability of local farms and populations who have historically suffered from food system inequities. More than 30% of produce grown on farms is never harvested — due in large part to a lack of access to wholesale markets. When oversupply pushes prices below a farmer’s break-even point, the crops no longer become financially viable to harvest and the farmers are forced to abandon perfectly good produce in the field.
Over 90% of farms in Massachusetts generate less than $250,000 –- the USDA definition for a small farm. Our small farmers need to count on reliable markets to stay afloat. With our changing climate, a resilient and diverse local food chain is imperative for public health as well as reliable business. Yet buyers and producers largely lack the infrastructure to bring local food to market in large volumes. Boston Food Hub bridges that gap, and mobilizes the power of buyers to change the food system. As a program of Boston Area Gleaners, Boston Food Hub builds and utilizes an efficient food distribution infrastructure, a network of connections across the food system, and years of trust and rapport that we've built within our farming community to reduce farm surplus and food waste. As a customer, you'll get streamlined, affordable access to local food, full transparency from soil to sale, and the confidence that everything in between is taken care of. You put in the order, and we'll cover the logistics of sourcing food, making deliveries, and invoicing.
Boston Food Hub sources from the following New England farms:
Fat Moon Farm*, Autumn Hills Orchard, Box Mill Farm, Carlson Orchards*, Cucurbit Farm*, Valley Spud*, Joe Czajkowski*, Kimball Fruit Farm*, Plainville Farm*, Red Fire Farm*, Shady Corner Farm*, Small Farm, Stonefield Farm*, Applefield Farm, Westward Orchards, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project*, Abrantie Farms, Kenney Farm*, Upswing Farm, Barrett's Mill Farm, Atlas Farm*, Ward's Berry Farm*, Verrill Farm*, Marshall Farm, cLove & Happiness, Four Rex Farm*, Kitchen Garden Farm*, Queen's Greens*, Winter Moon Roots*, Tangerini's Farm*, Bolton Orchards, Clark Orchards, Vermont Way Foods*, Bardwell Farm*, Happy Valley Organics*, Jekanowski Farm*, The Food Project
*Farm is GAP Certified or equivalent (includes CQP, CAPS, CAPS+)
With each purchase, you are supporting a more just supply chain in New England. As a program of Boston Area Gleaners, Boston Food Hub has social impact built into every step. The more business we generate for our food hub farmers, the more capacity they have to contribute fresh, local produce to food-insecure communities.
Our vision is to sustain a permanent agricultural supply chain that will improve the health and viability of local farms and populations who have historically suffered from food system inequities. More than 30% of produce grown on farms is never harvested — due in large part to a lack of access to wholesale markets. When oversupply pushes prices below a farmer’s break-even point, the crops no longer become financially viable to harvest and the farmers are forced to abandon perfectly good produce in the field.
Over 90% of farms in Massachusetts generate less than $250,000 –- the USDA definition for a small farm. Our small farmers need to count on reliable markets to stay afloat. With our changing climate, a resilient and diverse local food chain is imperative for public health as well as reliable business. Yet buyers and producers largely lack the infrastructure to bring local food to market in large volumes. Boston Food Hub bridges that gap, and mobilizes the power of buyers to change the food system. As a program of Boston Area Gleaners, Boston Food Hub builds and utilizes an efficient food distribution infrastructure, a network of connections across the food system, and years of trust and rapport that we've built within our farming community to reduce farm surplus and food waste. As a customer, you'll get streamlined, affordable access to local food, full transparency from soil to sale, and the confidence that everything in between is taken care of. You put in the order, and we'll cover the logistics of sourcing food, making deliveries, and invoicing.
Boston Food Hub sources from the following New England farms:
Fat Moon Farm*, Autumn Hills Orchard, Box Mill Farm, Carlson Orchards*, Cucurbit Farm*, Valley Spud*, Joe Czajkowski*, Kimball Fruit Farm*, Plainville Farm*, Red Fire Farm*, Shady Corner Farm*, Small Farm, Stonefield Farm*, Applefield Farm, Westward Orchards, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project*, Abrantie Farms, Kenney Farm*, Upswing Farm, Barrett's Mill Farm, Atlas Farm*, Ward's Berry Farm*, Verrill Farm*, Marshall Farm, cLove & Happiness, Four Rex Farm*, Kitchen Garden Farm*, Queen's Greens*, Winter Moon Roots*, Tangerini's Farm*, Bolton Orchards, Clark Orchards, Vermont Way Foods*, Bardwell Farm*, Happy Valley Organics*, Jekanowski Farm*, The Food Project
*Farm is GAP Certified or equivalent (includes CQP, CAPS, CAPS+)