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Food Hubs in Iowa

What is a food hub?

According to the National Food Hub Collaboration, a partnership sponsored by the Wallace Center’s National Good Food Network:

“A regional food hub is a business or organization that actively manages the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of source-identified food products primarily from local and regional producers to strengthen their ability to satisfy wholesale, retail, and institutional demand.”

Eat Greater Des Moines

Face of a Food Champion: Jim Zaffiro

Jim Zaffiro, Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of Global Sustainability Education at Central College in Pella, is acting as an unofficial local food coordinator for Marion County. He sees himself and Central College as connectors, forging links between people to create a more just food system.

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