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  • Assessing the Economic Impacts of Food Hubs on Regional Economies: A Framework that Includes Opportunity Cost

  • B. B. R. Jablonski, T. M. Schmit, D. Kay
  • Journal:
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review / Volume 45 / Issue 1 / April 2016
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    29 April 2016, pp. 143-172
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  • The number of food hubs—businesses that aggregate and distribute local food—in the United States is growing, fueled in part by increasing public support. However, there have been few data-driven assessments of the economic impacts of these ventures. Using an input-output-based methodology and a unique data set from a successful food hub, we measure net and gross impacts of a policy supporting their development. We estimate a gross output multiplier of 1.75 and an employment multiplier of 2.14. Using customer surveys, we estimate that every $1 increase in final demand for food hub products generates a $0.11 reduction in purchases in other sectors.