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1. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project Phase 1 - Planning & Feasibility March 7, 2014 Growing healthy communities one family at a time Making it easy and affordable to eat local fresh safe food everyday.
2. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project Issues: Energy cost Pollution cost Food safety Road infrastructure cost Food security
3. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project Local Food Shed
4. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
5. Proximity Farm Food System Model Task 4 - Develop Local Food Hub and Supply Chain Maturity Model 1 Governance 2 Entrepreneurs 3 Managers Workers Supply Chain Management Systems 4 Direct Sales Farmers Markets CSA Small produce markets Restautants 10 Outcomes Economic Health Human Social Environment Logistics 7 12 Consumers Families Schools Businesses Schools Institutions 6 Inputs Growing Harvesting Processing 13 Processing Packaging Distribution 5 Wholesale Brokers Retail and Wholesale Grocery stores Food Service Wholesale markets 11 8 9 14 Infrastructure Training and Development Entry Level Mid Level Professional Management Entrepreneurs Owners 15 16 Quality Management Safety Nutrition Program evaluation 17 18 Government Regulations
6. Texas Department of Agricuture North Texas Food Hub Development Center (Texas A&M) USDA Texas A&M Local Food Hub Research Program (Marco Palma) Texas AgriLife Market Maker Program (Trang Dang) Tarrant County Local Food Hub Incubator Project Small Farm Training and Development Program School Projects Aquaponics SPIN Farms Farm to School Proximity Farms Greenhouse Aquaponic Farms (Doug Morrison) Community Markets Kroger Walmart Farmers Markets SPIN Farms (Dave Phillips)
7. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
8. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Projects Purpose: Create food hub incubator demonstration projects to develop small urban and rural food ventures in order to provide fresh, safe, affordable food to North Texas communities. Urban local food hubs: Ft Worth, Arlington, Dallas Urban local food hub networks: Rural Farming Network Urban Farming Network 30 small (10-30 acre) farms using field, hoops 10 commercial greenhouse produce farms 10 commercial aquaponic farms 10 free range pork farms 5 regional food hub aggregation and processing centers 10 small (1 acre aggregate) farms usingSmall Plot Intensive Farming (SPIN model). 10 commercial greenhouse produce farms 10 commercial aquaponic farms_ 1 food hub aggregation and processing center Urban Food Network 10 large grocery community markets 1 community market center 5 school aquaponic projects (Dunbar Middle School model) 5 community gardens (school, church, non-profit)
9. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Projects
10. Proximity Local Food Supply Chain Model Putting the Trust Factor Back Into the Food Supply Chain Community Participation In Development Development Phase 2 Commercialization Phase 3 Research Phase 1 Business Risk Assessment Technology Feasibility Assessment Production Systems Web Applications Decision Support Tools Working Prototypes Web Based Business Application Prototypes Decision Support Tools Prototypes Enterprise Business Architecture Integrated Business Models Simulation Models Grants, donations, Private capital Grants, donations Private capital Feedback on results
11. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project Local Food System Problem How to aggregate production Many to Many Community Food Network Retail and Direct Sales Urban and Rural Farm Network Hub(s) Processing Distribution Demand Cost Energy Time 15,000 people per community unit 1 lb per day produce per person 15,000 lbs per day 5,475,000 lbs per year 30,000 lbs per acre per year 20 ten acre farms = 200 acres growing produce 6,000,000 lbs per year of produce 150 semi trailers per year
12. North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project Stakeholders City of Ft Worth Rural Cities SE Ft Worth Inc Chambers of Commerce Financing Banks Grants Investors Tarrant County Food Hub Project Food Businesses Grocery Stores Markets Restaurants Neighborhood Associations Real Estate Developers USDA AgriLife Texas A&M SBA SBDC SCORE Schools TCC Texas A&M