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North Texas Food Hub Incubator ProjectPhase 1 - Planning & Feasibility

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Growing healthy communities

one family at a time

Making it easy andaffordable to eat

local fresh safe food everyday.

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Annual Per Capita Consumption

PoundsEst Total

Pounds D/FWEst STE

Red meat 102 714,567,789 23,819Beef 57 397,094,848 13,236Pork 44 310,437,875 10,348

Poultry 71 496,533,106 16,551Chicken 58 406,122,958 13,537Turkey 13 90,410,147 3,014

Fish and shellfish 16 110,464,907 3,682Tilapia 2 14,000,000 467

Dairy 611 4,274,967,875 142,499Eggs 32 221,767,782 7,392Fats and oils 82 574,853,249 19,162Fruit and Vegetables

Fruit 258 1,807,769,367 60,259Vegetables 393 2,751,742,040 91,725

Flour and cereal 195 1,363,947,235 45,465Total 1,934 13,534,679,179 451,156

Source: USDA 2010SME=Semi Trailor Equivalents=40,000 pounds

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Task 4 - Develop Local Food Hub and Supply Chain Maturity Model

Government Regulations

Proximity Farm Food System Model

Training and Development Entry Level Mid Level Professional Management Entrepreneurs Owners

Inputs

Governance

ManagersWorkers

GrowingHarvestingProcessing Processing

PackagingDistribution

Direct Sales• Farmers Markets• CSA• Small produce markets• Restautants

ConsumersFamiliesSchoolsBusinessesSchoolsInstitutions

WholesaleBrokers

Logistics OutcomesEconomic

HealthHumanSocial

Environment

Supply Chain Management Systems

Quality Management Safety Nutrition

Infrastructure

Program evaluation

Retail and Wholesale• Grocery stores• Food Service• Wholesale markets

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Entrepreneurs 2

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North Texas Food Hub Development Center(Texas A&M)

Texas AgriLife Market Maker Program (Trang Dang)

Texas A&M Local Food Hub Research Program (Marco Palma)

Tarrant CountyLocal Food Hub

IncubatorProject

Proximity FarmsGreenhouse

Aquaponic Farms (Doug Morrison)

School Projects Aquaponics SPIN Farms Farm to School

Small Farm Training and

DevelopmentProgram

SPIN Farms(Dave Phillips)

Community Markets Kroger Walmart Farmers Markets

USDATexas

Department of Agricuture

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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.

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10 small (1 acre aggregate) farms using Small Plot Intensive Farming (SPIN model).10 commercial greenhouse produce farms10 commercial aquaponic farms_1 food hub aggregation and processing center

Urban local food hub networks:

Urban Farming Network

30 small (10-30 acre) farms using field, hoops10 commercial greenhouse produce farms10 commercial aquaponic farms10 free range pork farms 5 regional food hub aggregation and processing centers

Rural Farming Network

10 large grocery community markets1 community market center5 school aquaponic projects (Dunbar Middle School model)5 community gardens (school, church, non-profit)

Urban Food Network

Urban local food hubs: Ft Worth, Arlington, Dallas

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Feedback on results

EnterpriseBusiness

Architecture

IntegratedBusiness Models

Simulation Models

Proximity Local Food Supply Chain ModelPutting the Trust Factor Back Into the Food Supply Chain

Community Participation In Development

ResearchPhase 1

DevelopmentPhase 2

CommercializationPhase 3

Working Prototypes

Web BasedBusiness Application

Prototypes

Decision Support Tools Prototypes

Production Systems

Web Applications

Decision Support Tools

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TechnologyFeasibility

Assessment

Business RiskAssessment

Grants, donations Grants, donations,Private capital Private capital

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Urban and Rural Farm Network

Hub(s)

ProcessingDistribution

Community Food NetworkRetail and Direct Sales

30,000 lbs per acre per year 20 ten acre farms = 200 acres growing produce

6,000,000 lbs per year of produce150 semi trailers per year

Local Food System ProblemHow to aggregate production

Many to Many

Cost Energy Time

Demand

15,000 people per community unit1 lb per day produce per person

15,000 lbs per day5,475,000 lbs per year

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Stakeholders

Tarrant County

Food Hub Project

City of Ft Worth

Rural CitiesSE Ft Worth Inc

Chambers of Commerce

USDAAgriLife

Texas A&MSBA

SBDCSCORE

SchoolsTCC

Texas A&M

Real Estate Developers

FinancingBanksGrants

Investors

Food Businesses

Grocery StoresMarkets

Restaurants

NeighborhoodAssociations

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