Our Program

Making more local possible.

“More local” is a goal for all kinds of food purveyors.

But it isn’t practical for a single restaurant, store or school to manage local sourcing alone. ValleyHUB simplifies a complex system. By fueling a full social enterprise food hub in Southwest Michigan, we make it possible to get more local food on more local plates
– for the betterment of us all.

ValleyHUB is the largest network of buying and selling opportunities for local food in Southwest Michigan.

For Producers

We clear the path to sustainable local selling for farmers and makers. By removing barriers to markets, we enable producers to realize the economic benefits of selling locally.

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For Buyers

We make it practical to source more local goods. By removing barriers to local sourcing, we enable buyers to achieve local buying goals without operational roadblocks.

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For us, that’s just the beginning.

ValleyHUB goes further to strengthen our local food system through a holistic integration of education, collaboration and engagement.

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Education

Our workforce development, community-based education, training programs and resources for producers and buyers create fertile ground for our local food system to thrive.

Collaboration

In the fields, the kitchen and with the community, we’re building connections across the supply chain to achieve shared goals.

Engagement

We’re providing our community, its institutions and our local producers opportunities to access, participate in and shape their local food system.

Local food systems can make life better around the world.

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The development of this website was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant 21LFPPMI1026. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.