Research Theme D
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Alternatives that support new and immigrant farmers, as well as inter-generational and production-based transitions – including initiatives that facilitate aggregation from regional farms, as well as distribution, processing [both primary and secondary] and retailing alternatives that open new markets. 

• regional / mid-scale distribution
  • 100 km Foods
• regional / mid-scale processing
  • Brant Flour Mills 
  • Gumboot Gourmet
• food hubs
  • Abbey Gardens, the Haliburton County Food Hub
  • Vermont Food Venture Center
    • includes multi-use processing facility for value added food producers
  • Real Food Connections (New Brunswick)
• Pfenning’s Organic
• Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification (USDA)
• accessible retail
  • The Mustard Seed, Hamilton’s Cooperative Grocery
  • The West End Food Co-op
  • All Things Local (Amherst, MA)
• RCMA Social Enterprise

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