Hardwick Food Hub Opens to Boost Local Farm and Food Producer Markets

HARDWICK — After years of work, the Food Hub, a facility aiming to expand markets for local farms and food producers, has opened. The Food Hub is operated by the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE), a Hardwick-based nonprofit. Products from local farms and food businesses will now pass through the Food Hub each week from farms to markets across Vermont and beyond. CAE operates several programs aimed at increasing the accessibility of local food. At the Food Hub, CAE will offer food storage to producers in four temperature-controlled zones: Dry, cold, frozen, and root crop.