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West Louisville Food Port
Food defines who we are and where we come from. Historically, the
development of cities has been inextricably connected to its
production, supply and distribution. But with the migration of
rural communities to urban cities, the human population has become
increasingly removed from sites of agricultural production and less
aware of how their food is made. The direct relationship between
producer and consumer is now separated by an everexpanding line of
middle-man entities including distributors, processors and
retailers. The local food movement demonstrates the individual and
commercial consumer demand to change this relationship, but the
scale of most local farms and their distribution networks makes it
difficult for suppliers to meet growing demands. Food hubs have the
potential to alleviate this bottleneck of inefficiency by
consolidating supplies into shared facilities for local farmers and
locating them strategically within cities.
2016
2015