Keyword: Local Food
Redi Reports
- February 2025
Farmer’s share of the US Food Dollar averaged 11.6% in 2020, but that varies greatly across states, with Colorado’s farm share being just over 12%.
Food service, food processing and retail services capture the highest share of the US food dollar, and those numbers vary by location as well, but highlight the role agricultural production can play in broader agribusiness activity.…
Redi Reports
- August 2019
The entry of additional food hubs in a county may cannibalize sales of incumbent
Food hubs require more potential buyers in a market than traditional merchant
Counties with a high level of social capital and that have small local food businesses may be able to lower the population threshold necessary for a food hub to be viable.…
Redi Reports
- December 2020
In 2018 Nourish Colorado’s Double Up Food Bucks program provided $167,911 of incentives that resulted in $452K of economic impact to Colorado’s economy
Fruit and vegetable incentive programs provide economy-wide benefits in addition to the health benefits for low-income families of more affordable produce
Food assistance programs take many forms.…