County Awards Seven Sisters Food Hub $550,000 Grant

Montgomery County's Office of Food Systems Resilience has awarded Seven Sisters Food Hub — a new venture from Moon Valley Farm — a $550,000 grant to construct and operate a food aggregation facility in the county. The hub will connect small local farms with large institutional buyers such as schools, hospitals, and restaurants, providing cold storage, refrigerated transport, processing, and distribution infrastructure. The grant includes $300,000 from MARBIDCO for facility construction and capital needs, with an additional $300,000 in the second year to incentivize institutional and restaurant purchases and fund food assistance nonprofit sourcing.