North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
Phase 1 - Planning & Feasibility
March 7, 2014
Growing healthy
communities
one family at a time
03/07/2014
Making it easy and
affordable to eat
local fresh safe food
everyday.
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Annual Per Capita Consumption
Pounds
Est Total
Pounds D/FW
Red meat
102
714,567,789
Beef
57
397,094,848
Pork
44
310,437,875
Poultry
71
496,533,106
Chicken
58
406,122,958
Turkey
13
90,410,147
Fish and shellfish
16
110,464,907
Tilapia
2
14,000,000
Dairy
611 4,274,967,875
Eggs
32
221,767,782
Fats and oils
82
574,853,249
Fruit and Vegetables
Fruit
258 1,807,769,367
Vegetables
393 2,751,742,040
Flour and cereal
195 1,363,947,235
Total
1,934 13,534,679,179
Source: USDA 2010
SME=Semi Trailor Equivalents=40,000 pounds
03/07/2014
Est STE
23,819
13,236
10,348
16,551
13,537
3,014
3,682
467
142,499
7,392
19,162
60,259
91,725
45,465
451,156
Issues:
• Energy cost
• Pollution cost
• Food safety
• Road infrastructure cost
• Food security
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North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
Local Food Shed
03/07/2014
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North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
03/07/2014
4
Proximity Farm Food System Model
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Governance
Entrepreneurs
2
Managers
Workers
3
4
Supply Chain Management Systems
Inputs
5
Growing 6
Harvesting
Processing
Logistics
7
Direct Sales
•
•
•
•
Farmers Markets
CSA
Small produce markets
Restautants
10
Processing
Wholesale
Packaging
Brokers
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Task 4 - Develop Local Food Hub and Supply
Chain
Maturity
Distribution
Retail and Wholesale 11
9 Model
• Grocery stores
• Food Service
• Wholesale markets
Consumers
Families
Schools
Businesses
Schools
Institutions
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Outcomes
Economic
Health
13
Human
Social
Environment
Infrastructure
14
Training and Development
15
Entry Level Mid Level Professional Management Entrepreneurs Owners
Quality Management Safety
Nutrition
16
Program evaluation
17
Government Regulations
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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)
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Tarrant County
Local Food Hub
Incubator
Project
School Projects
Aquaponics
SPIN Farms
Farm to School
03/07/2014
Proximity Farms
Greenhouse
Aquaponic Farms
(Doug Morrison)
SPIN Farms
(Dave Phillips)
Community Markets
Kroger
Walmart
Farmers Markets
Small Farm Training
and
Development
Program
North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
03/07/2014
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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
10 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
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
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)
03/07/2014
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Proximity Local Food Supply Chain Model
Putting the Trust Factor Back Into the Food Supply Chain
Community Participation In Development
Development
Phase 2
Research
Phase 1
Enterprise
Business
Architecture
Technology
Feasibility
Assessment
Integrated
Business Models
Simulation Models
Grants, donations
Working Prototypes
Commercialization
Phase 3
Business Risk
Assessment
Web Based
Business Application
Prototypes
Decision Support
Tools Prototypes
Grants, donations,
Private capital
Production Systems
Web Applications
Decision Support
Tools
Private capital
Feedback on results
03/07/2014
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North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
Urban and Rural Farm Network
Local Food System Problem
How to aggregate production
Many to Many
Community Food Network
Retail and Direct Sales
Hub(s)
Processing
Distribution
Demand
Cost Energy Time
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
03/07/2014
15,000 people per community unit
1 lb per day produce per person
15,000 lbs per day
5,475,000 lbs per year
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North Texas Food Hub Incubator Project
Stakeholders
Financing
Banks
Grants
Investors
Food
Businesses
Grocery Stores
Markets
Restaurants
SE Ft Worth Inc
Chambers of
Commerce
Tarrant
County
Food Hub
Project
Real Estate
Developers
03/07/2014
City of Ft
Worth
Rural Cities
Schools
TCC
Texas A&M
Neighborhood
Associations
USDA
AgriLife
Texas A&M
SBA
SBDC
SCORE
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