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c k-rm Ste At, <br />a ' <br />X55 � C 1 dti <br />-x r <br />Lomax Center for Agricultural Education <br />Development Plan 2016 - 2026 <br />Lomax Food Hub <br />Crucial to the success of many incubator farms across the country is the development of <br />a shared food distribution network. These programs offer farmers -in- training, <br />graduates and other area farmers a way to work together to market their products in a <br />way that benefits each of them. <br />The idea is to provide a proven strategy that new farmers can use to sell their produce. <br />It works by aggregating product, increasing output scale and streamlining distribution. <br />In turn this helps meet the needs of restaurants and institutions like school systems and <br />hospitals that want to buy locally grown goods but can't deal directly with lots of <br />different farmers. The Lomax Center hopes to create such a program to help both new <br />producers and institutional buyers. <br />• Connecting area farmers with institutional buyers <br />• Offering new farmers easier access to markets <br />• Building the reputation of <br />Cabarrus County growers <br />• Serving the aggregation and <br />distribution needs of specialty <br />crops farmers in Cabarrus <br />County <br />photo credit:Emma Hauser <br />22 <br />G -6 Page 194 <br />