In rural communities, the efforts to establish food warehouses are often filled with challenges and obstacles. From limited access to resources to a lack of expertise in logistics planning, local initiatives encounter numerous roadblocks along the way. However, there is an opportunity for collaboration – a chance for communities to come together, pool their strengths, and overcome these barriers collectively.
Warehouses4Good is dedicated to alleviating food insecurity. Through our mission driven approach, we assist local partners in overcoming the overcoming the barriers plaguing their communities. Operating on a national scale, we provide services to collaboratively plan, design, fund, construct, and operate food hubs in rural communities.
Our approach is simple. For each facility, we assemble a diverse team of architects, engineers, logistics professionals, and general contractors who work together to build food hubs that are perfectly suited to local needs and conditions. As we expand our network, we ensure that everyone involved has access to the latest best practices, lessons learned, and insights from each facilities development. Fostering collaboration is central to our model; we ensure that everyone is working together toward a common goal. Once built, the day-to-day operations become the responsibility of these local stakeholders.
The benefits of collaboration are a recurring theme among recipients of USDA local food promotion grants:
“Collaboration with others doing similar work proved to be a big help and gave us the opportunity to build good and lasting relationships.”
– Appalachian Sustainable Development, “Increasing the Viability of Farmers Markets and Farmers in Appalachian VA and TN through Coordinated Marketing, Promotion and Analysis
“One of the most positive elements we discovered through this project is the need for strong partnerships to accomplish the work. Further, we found that with work targeting low-income/low-access households, utilizing partners outside of the food system was … beneficial …”
– The Land Connection Foundation, “Champaign Farmers Market: Expanding Access to Local Foods through Promotion and Training”
“Great Work is Never Done in a Silo. Having the depth of partnership that SVHC has been fortunate to secure has allowed for increased movement across sectors resulting in a continuous stream of requests for SVHC leadership presence and invitations to join in educational and programmatic opportunities.”
– Seven Valleys Health Coalition Project, “Promoting, Sustaining, and Expanding the Local Food Impact in Cortland County