期刊名称：Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
印刷版ISSN：1068-5502
出版年度：2019
卷号：44
期号：1
页码：141-163
出版社：WAEA
摘要：Food hubs offer a novel solution to connect small and mid-sized local farms, which individuallylack the scale to profitably market their products. Because many food hubs rely on grants andphilanthropy to provide services and are not necessarily profit-driven, markets may unintentionallyoversaturate due to overinvestment.We use a firm-entry model to estimate the average U.S. countypopulation necessary for one, two, and three food hubs to break even. Our findings suggestthat policy makers and philanthropists need to consider the carrying capacity of the local foodenvironment and population prior to supporting additional food hubs.
关键词：food hub location; local food; local food systems; social capital
