Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D02471
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Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association's AAEA and CAES Joint Annual Meeting, Washington,D.C., August 4-6, 2013. 43 pages.
56 pages., Via USDA National Agricultural Library., "This report presents an overview of the myriad issues facing food hubs across the United States." The authors includes a definition of a food hub, examine the rationale for food hub formation, and explore the economic role of food hubs. The report includes "some of the many organizational structures and services that food hubs offer, including the emerging area of virtual food hubs," and provides examples of the challenges and limitations faced by food hubs.