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An Examination Of The Feasiblity Of A Food Hub For The Pee Dee Region, Emily Purcell
An Examination Of The Feasiblity Of A Food Hub For The Pee Dee Region, Emily Purcell
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Horry County, the home of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, attracts a large level of spending by visitors who are helping to fuel growing demand for locally produced food. Regional growers are interested in meeting this demand but are limited by retail requirements with respect to lot size, timing, and quality (including food safety aspects such as Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification). A number of communities have turned to food hubs as a means of aggregating production by local growers and providing appropriate marketing functions, such as storage and meeting standards. Hence, food hubs can fill a gap between producers and …