North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project Phase 1 - Planning & Feasibility March 7, /07/2014
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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 Managers Workers Growing Harvesting Processing Packaging Distribution Direct Sales Farmers Markets CSA Small produce markets Restautants Consumers Families Schools Businesses Schools Institutions Wholesale Brokers Logistics Outcomes Economic Health Human Social Environment Supply Chain Management Systems Quality Management Safety Nutrition Infrastructure Program evaluation Retail and Wholesale Grocery stores Food Service Wholesale markets Entrepreneurs 2
03/07/ 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 County Local Food Hub Incubator Project Proximity Farms Greenhouse Aquaponic Farms (Doug Morrison) School Projects Aquaponics SPIN Farms Farm to School Small Farm Training and Development Program SPIN Farms ( Dave Phillips ) Community Markets Kroger Walmart Farmers Markets USDA Texas Department of Agricuture
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8 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. 03/07/ small (1 acre aggregate) farms using Small Plot Intensive Farming (SPIN model). 10 commercial greenhouse produce farms 10 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, hoops 10 commercial greenhouse produce farms 10 commercial aquaponic farms 10 free range pork farms 5 regional food hub aggregation and processing centers Rural Farming 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) Urban Food Network Urban local food hubs: Ft Worth, Arlington, Dallas North Texas Food Hub Incubator Projects
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Feedback on results Enterprise Business Architecture Integrated Business Models Simulation Models Proximity Local Food Supply Chain Model Putting the Trust Factor Back Into the Food Supply Chain Community Participation In Development Research Phase 1 Development Phase 2 Commercialization Phase 3 Working Prototypes Web Based Business Application Prototypes Decision Support Tools Prototypes Production Systems Web Applications Decision Support Tools 03/07/ Technology Feasibility Assessment Business Risk Assessment Grants, donations Grants, donations, Private capital
03/07/ Urban and Rural Farm Network Hub(s) Processing Distribution Community Food Network Retail 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 produce 150 semi trailers per year Local Food System Problem How to aggregate production Many to Many Cost Energy Time Demand 15,000 people per community unit 1 lb per day produce per person 15,000 lbs per day 5,475,000 lbs per year North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
03/07/ Stakeholders Tarrant County Food Hub Project City of Ft Worth Rural Cities SE Ft Worth Inc Chambers of Commerce USDA AgriLife Texas A&M SBA SBDC SCORE Schools TCC Texas A&M Real Estate Developers Financing Banks Grants Investors Food Businesses Grocery Stores Markets Restaurants Neighborhood Associations North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project