The Program
Bringing fresh food to our communities
About us
The Southwest Washington Food Hub
The Southwest Washington Food Hub is a grower-owned cooperative that provides product distribution, marketing, and administrative services to its members. The Food Hub improves producer access to markets through aggregated sales, one-stop online shopping, delivery options in participating counties, and single-point of payment across multiple farms and value-added products.
The membership fee to join the SW WA Food Hub is $100, and annual dues are $200.
Values
- Transparent and sustainable business model that serves members, benefits our communities, and supports rural economies
- Market opportunity for our members and access to healthy and nutritious food for our communities through shared resources and collaboration
- Maintaining member relationships with customers and their control over pricing
- Supporting new and beginning producers as well as established businesses
- preserving the identity and brand of producers and value-added suppliers
- Modeling diversity and inclusion
Marketing
- Website
- Fresh Sheets
- Media outreach through regional business development partners
- Buyer newsletter and communication
- Coordinated sales meetings with buyers
- Buyer groups Food Hub members, staff and support team elects to target
- Organizations that share the Food Hub’s mission/vision
- Present to key groups that share the SW WA Food Hub’s mission/vision and/or may provide opportunity
- Facilitated sales to large-scale buyers looking to work with larger supply. Growers with ambitions to expand to large-scale wholesale sales, may discuss this with Food Hub representatives.
Pricing
Value Added Products
membership program
How it works
- Producers create and update their own inventory, business profile and descriptions, pricing and availability.
- Buyers establish an online account and shop online through the website.
- Buyers place their order, choose a delivery date, time, and location, and pay one invoice online by credit card or purchase order (for qualifying customers).
- Producers receive orders by email with delivery instructions.
- Producers pack and deliver orders to the appropriate aggregation point.
- Products are labeled & indexed for pick-up. Customers are billed in one invoice and farmers are paid weekly.
Membership Types
Member
Ranchers, growers, foragers, fishers, or other producers
- Annual Membership Fee: $200.00
- One-time Purchase of Common Stock: $100.00
Non Member
Processors
- Annual Membership Fee: $175.00
New Member Application
Please review the application checklist before beginning an application.
Blank documents needed for your application:
Print application, fill out and mail with supporting documents and check payable to SW WA Growers Cooperative to: SW WA Growers Cooperative 105 McBride Ct, Unit A Chehalis WA 98532New Non-Member Vendor Application
(PROCESSORS)
Please review the application checklist before beginning an application.
Please dismiss any language specific to producers on the application, fill it out as a processor.
If you have questions or concerns regarding any of the documents listed in the checklist, please reach out, we’re happy to help.
Blank documents needed for your application:
Print application, fill out and mail with supporting documents and check payable to SW WA Growers Cooperative to:
SW WA Growers Cooperative
105 McBride Ct, Unit A
Chehalis WA 98532