• Strengthening Local Food Systems

    We advance equitable access to local food, advocate for fairness in farming and provide support to small, independent farmers.

  • Equitable Food Access

    Access to healthy, local food should be a right, not a privilege.
    We offer high-quality food access programs for our local communities.

  • Services for Growers and Farming Network

    We meet small, independently owned farms where they are and
    develop creative and accessible programming to advance those farmers.

Providing Local Food to Our Community

Everyone should be able to access fresh food, regardless of their circumstances. Our food access programming spans our community of Charlottesville and beyond. We work to get fresh, nutritious, locally grown food to the communities that need it.

Fresh Farmacy

Through Fresh Farmacy, low-resource households receive bi-weekly shares of locally sourced items and materials to empower participants in the kitchen. In 2023 we distributed 8000 shares of fresh produce to program participants.

Farm Stands

We provide no-cost fresh food to people living in rural communities in five counties.

VA Fresh Match

Fresh Match doubles the value of SNAP benefits. As regional lead, we support existing outlets that offer the program, and help onboard new partners who want to make eating healthy more accessible

Helping Our Farmer Partners to Thrive

Since our founding, we have developed wraparound support services for independent, small-scale Virginia farmers, providing them with the knowledge and tools they need to thrive.

FarmDoc Record Keeping App

This custom-built application is designed to streamline food safety record-keeping and simplify food safety certification audits for small, independent farms.

Rules to Reality

These educational modules break down practical implementation of the Produce Safety Rule, including videos highlighting real-world examples on Virginia farms,

Virginia Black Farmers Directory

The Virginia Black Farmer Directory is an effort to support and empower Black farmers in Virginia. It is an online database that presents comprehensive biographies, locations, and sales information for Directory members.

Year-round programming

We also offer seasonal workshops and resources on running a small, from guides on finances to compliance.

Connecting Farmers and Consumers through
the Eastern Food Hub Collective (EFC)

Local Food Hub is a founding member of the Eastern Food Hub Collaborative and currently serves as the backbone organization.

The EFC is a network of food hubs located on the east coast, working together to expand opportunities for farmers and equitable access to good food for all. We believe that when food hubs work together to increase grower relationships and market access, the result is a more robust, resilient regional food system. This food system places trusted farms at its center and provides opportunities for all consumers to make healthy, delicious choices.

Learn more at our partner site for the EFC here.

By working together, we can achieve
more than we ever could alone.

We were able to serve 466 households in 2022
through our food access programs of Fresh Farmacy.

You can help us in our mission to help others.