May 23, 2013

QC Food Hub


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The Quad Cities Food Hub is part of a network of regional food systems in the state of Iowa.

A regional food system supports long-term connections between farmers and consumers while helping to meet the health, social, economic and environmental needs of communities within that region. Producers and markets are linked via efficient infrastructures that:
  • promote environmental health;
  • provide competitive advantages to producers, processors and retailers;
  • encourage identification with a region’s culture, history and ecology; and
  • share risks and rewards equitably among all partners in the system.

The Regional Food Systems Working Group supports education, conducts research and facilitates partnerships to increase investment and support of community-based, economically sustainable and environmentally and socially responsible regional food enterprises. Representatives from more than 25 groups meet quarterly in central Iowa to discuss and coordinate efforts to build more vibrant regional food systems.

For more information: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/regional-food-systems-working-group

The Quad Cities Food Hub Market Store
Davenport Freight House
421 W. River Dr.
Davenport, Iowa 52801

Hours:
Tuesday – Thursday: 10 am – 6 pm
Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 8 am – 2 pm

563-265-2455

The store features local as well as regional and other natural and health foods. The Food Hub carries regional items you can’t find anywhere else in the Quad Cities. Stop in and check us out. Our inventory grows weekly.
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