Alachua County seeks input on potential local food hub
Press release from Alachua County
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Alachua County is partnering with food system consultants New Venture Advisors on a feasibility study for creating a food hub that would strengthen the local food economy, support farmers, and connect institutions and residents with fresh, locally produced food.
As part of the study, the County is gathering feedback from residents, growers, food buyers, and community organizations to identify priorities, services, and infrastructure needs across the food system.
A food hub is a centralized resource that can connect producers and consumers while expanding access to healthy, local food. Depending on community needs, it could include:
- An aggregation site for storing, distributing, and delivering locally grown and made foods
- A commercial kitchen to support small food businesses
- A training space for agricultural and food entrepreneurship programs
- A community venue for food- and agriculture-related events
- A retail space for purchasing local groceries and other foods
Residents are encouraged to share their ideas by completing a brief 10-minute online survey.
Input will help shape the future of Alachua County’s food system and support a stronger, more resilient local food economy.
The survey does not work. After you complete it, it goes backwards. It does not finish…..
To Kristi:
Survey works.
Please try again.
Survey asks for information you enter it.
Than Survey verifies all of your input by asking you to verify.
I have one right down the street. It is called Publix. They do a much better job than Alachua BOCC ever could.
Mo, agree or disagree on whether you care or not, but Publix does not sell local produce or other foods. There are some small local farmers who do aim at local customers through the farmer’s markets, subscriptions, etc. Others believe local food production would be a positive for local farmers and customers.
I’m agnostic on this until I hear more, but that is the situation.
There are Farmers Markets and independent produce stands all over the county. This is just a way for Alachua County to waste more taxpayer dollars on unnecessary nonsense.
The last thing we need is more gubment involvement in our food supply
Farmer’s markets locally were started by government and from IFAS to the US Ag Dept, farmers rely on research and even funding, aimed mostly at the remaining larger farms, some of which export internationally. This particular idea would benefit smaller farms.
Planned economy? Try fixing roads and public schools first, please. Jobs, strong families, and strong law enforcement might turn food deserts into neighborhoods where businesses succeed.
No more bandaids.
I just took the survey. It sounds like another boujee project that isn’t going to benefit those with lower incomes who live in food deserts and don’t have transportation to get to the food they need.
I feel that if there were a pressing need for this, or if it were even a really good idea, someone would have done it already.
Working Food. Anna Prizzia’s pet project. It was a bust. They are shutting down in 2027.
She is probably behind this and the survey.
✴️🧿✴️✴️🧿✴️Thank you.
Finally, some Good News.
And, to the maggot moron naysayers STOP BEING IDIOTS !
Growing Healthy Food, Creating Food Forests & Empowering Communities is ESSENTIAL.
Just because “Anonymous” lives at McDonalds does not mean the rest of us do !
Thank you ACTY.
Thank you AC for FINALLY publishing Good News.
Another waste of taxpayers money by the Alachua County!
OK, so I took the survey. First question was do I think this is needed. I said no. Second question was asking me to explain why, which I did. That was the end of the survey. Took less than a minute. Looks like they are weeding out the citizens who don’t think it is necessary at the beginning so they can skew the results of the survey in their favor. Typical Alachua County.
The old RTS site owned by the City near Depot Park would have been great. Instead via an unsolicited bid process we can pay The Knot a lot of money to climb a fake rock wall. A handy skill for all us flat lander Floridians…at least it isn’t an ice rink or ski slope. Public investment private gains.