Our Story
The Western NL Food Hub started with a simple question: How can we easily connect local producers with people in Western Newfoundland who want to buy their food?
To answer that question, Food First NL launched the Food Hub in 2021. The lessons we learned and the people we worked with during that pilot year laid the groundwork for everything the Food Hub is today.
Thanks to our amazing producers and customer support, we’ve been growing ever since.
How We Got Here
2021
One year pilot
Pilot project launches
Food First NL opens online orders from July to October with one pickup location in Corner Brook.
2022
Reflecting and learning
Learning year
The Western NL Food Hub takes a one-year hiatus to reflect on and learn from the pilot year. This shaped the Food Hub’s next phase.
Relaunch and expansion
2023
Relaunch with a new home and more pickup points
The Western NL Food Hub relaunches at 62 Broadway, Corner Brook, with an expanded network of pickup locations across the region.
Continuing to grow
Now
Still growing, thanks to you
Thanks to our amazing producers and customer support, the Food Hub continues to grow with more producers, more products, and more pickup points.
Our Goal
Our Goal is to get local food on every plate.
That means making local food easier to buy and helping the people who grow, raise, and catch it thrive. Because when local producers and food systems thrive, our communities thrive too. That's the work the Western NL Food Hub is a part of.
30+
Local producers across Western Newfoundland
8
Pickup locations, from Stephenville to Deer Lake to Wiltondale
Friday to Monday
Weekly ordering window, year-round
Our Connection to Food First NL
Food First NL’s vision is a province where everyone can eat with joy and dignity. Enjoying delicious local food is part of that work. That’s why Food First NL runs the Food Hub as a social enterprise.
What Is a Social Enterprise?
A business with a mission at its core.
A social enterprise is a business that uses sales to advance a goal or mission. Some social enterprises send their profit to their parent organization. Others, like the Food Hub, put that profit back into the business so they can serve the community even better.
You place an order
Every purchase supports local producers and the Food Hub.
Producers have control
Each producer sets their own prices and controls what they sell and how much.
Profits go back in
The Western NL Food Hub reinvests all profits back into the social enterprise to grow and serve the community better.