FARM TO TABLE: A rendering of the food distribution and processing center that will open in 2019. Courtesy of GrowNYC
Although farmers’ markets seem to sprout everywhere, most small upstate growers have no way to sell fresh produce directly to City residents in need of healthy food.
Giant wholesalers control the bulk of the food supply. In 2012 and 2013, The Trust invested in GrowNYC to develop plans for a wholesale market in the South Bronx, and in Natural Resources Defense Council to build support for the project. Both groups convinced City and State officials to fund a regional market in Hunts Point.
The hub will feature a 75,000-square-foot wholesale warehouse while creating 80 jobs in the Bronx and supporting 120 upstate farmers.
Construction starts this year, and it’s expected to open in early 2019.
WASTE NOT: City Harvest collects excess food from restaurants, bakeries, and markets and delivers it to soup kitchens, food pantries, and other programs across the five boroughs. Here, a volunteer gives out sweet potatoes at a mobile market supported by The Trust.
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Need help or advice?
Marty Lipp
Communications Director
(212) 889-3963
mbl@nyct-cfi.org
Amy Wolf
Director of Marketing
(646) 214-1004
aw@nyct-cfi.org