Hillandale Food Hub
(DBA Farmers’ Community Food Hub)
A Micro-local Aggregator, Marketer, and Distributor of Locally and Organically Grown Farm Product
(DBA Farmers’ Community Food Hub)
A Micro-local Aggregator, Marketer, and Distributor of Locally and Organically Grown Farm Product
The Hillandale Food Hub, a social enterprise, is a consortium of partner farms cooperating to provide the highest quality organically-grown meats and produce to residents, specialty markets, hospitality businesses, and institutions in the greater Westerly, Eastern CT, Aquidneck Island and Boston areas.
It is by design that most of the food handled by the Hub originates within 30 miles (South County, RI and New London County, CT) of its base of operations in Westerly, RI and is distributed inside a 50 mile radius of same. Due to limited high quality grazing lands and other factors, some proteins emanate from outside this radius but still from within the bioregion.
Partner farms and producers also support the Ayers Foundation through their respective expertise and knowledge by supporting educational programs that have benefited thousands of students through experiential and service-based learning since 2010.
It is by design that most of the food handled by the Hub originates within 30 miles (South County, RI and New London County, CT) of its base of operations in Westerly, RI and is distributed inside a 50 mile radius of same. Due to limited high quality grazing lands and other factors, some proteins emanate from outside this radius but still from within the bioregion.
Partner farms and producers also support the Ayers Foundation through their respective expertise and knowledge by supporting educational programs that have benefited thousands of students through experiential and service-based learning since 2010.
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Phase II of the Hillandale Food Hub continues to demonstrate its success and is on track to aggregate in excess of 500,000 lb. of whole food products from 20 partner farms from the Northeast in 2025. Phase III, the Hobart B Ayers Meeting House, is nearing completion and will subsequently provide processing and storage space, function as our on-site retail outlet, expand educational programming with a teaching kitchen, and memorialize Hobart's (cofounder's Great Grandfather) life work as a mechanical engineer and dairyman. Some history on agriculture in South County will also be featured.
Our partner Farms meet the highest standards in terms of food quality, freshness, land stewardship, and general care for what they raise and the communities they serve. Collectively, we transcend the contemporary understanding of organic agriculture to a holistic set of beliefs and practices that are centuries old - we go beyond the "organic" label. While the Ayers Foundation derives some of its revenues from this social enterprise today, it is anticipated that its financial autonomy will only increase with time due to the stake and role it will take and play in the evolution of the Hillandale Food Hub and food entrepreneurship. |
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