Iowa Food Hub

Iowa Food Hub is a local food distribution business serving a 150 mile radius from Decorah, Iowa. Every week they deliver locally grown produce, meat, dairy and eggs throughout the Driftless Region, specializing in farm to institution. Their truck is available for hire to help farmers efficiently distribute their projects to markets.

Their social mission focuses their programming on small farm viability, beginning farmers, food access, and local economic development. In 2024, they worked with 149 producers and delivered products to over 50 K-12 schools, colleges and childcare centers. 

Donations to the food hub can support the hub's infrastructure - their facilities, truck maintenance and online farmers market, or the hub's programming like preschool teacher boxes, food pantry donations, and grants to beginning farmers.  

Here are some examples of how anyone can support the local food system. 

$100 gift supports the online farmers market for 1 month
$270 gift supports a monthly delivery of local food supplies to a preschool classroom for the school year
$500 gift supports local food deliveries to a childcare center for the summer
$1000 gift supports a month of local food deliveries to a school
$3000 gift pays for truck fuel for a month