Washtenaw: Food Hub

A feature in the online magazine Concentrate looks at efforts to form a Washtenaw County “food hub” that would “coordinate food production, farmer services, food distribution, agricultural training, and community engagement to foster a favorable environment for local farming.” Richard Andres of Tantré Farm recently purchased an Ann Arbor Township farm that he hopes to develop as the hub: “I’m interested in seeing a continued vertical integration of what it is that we grow and partnering with other small farms to add value to our crops and make them more accessible to the Ann Arbor market – whether it’s families, retail customers, wholesale customers, and potentially institutional buyers such as school systems, hospitals, universities.” [Source]