Field to Family

Field to Family works to create a more local, healthy and sustainable community-based food system in the Iowa City/ Cedar Rapids region. Field to Family is a nonprofit local food hub offering farm to school education, serving multiple school districts, the University of Iowa, food access agencies, local businesses and other institutions in east central Iowa as well as individual residents and households by increasing access to- and demand for- healthy and local foods. The organization works in partnership with 30+ food service professionals, 60+ local farmers and value - added agricultural enterprises to procure, store, promote and deliver locally-grown foods and food products while ensuring food safety, freshness and quality.

Field to Family, in its own listing

What a food hub does.

A food hub aggregates product from many farms and sells it to schools, stores, restaurants and sometimes households. If you grow, ask what they buy, what certification they require (GAP is common), and how and when they pay. If you buy, ask what is in season and what the minimum order is.

Worth asking before you go:

• What do you buy, and from how many farms?
• Do you require GAP or organic certification?
• What are your payment terms to growers?