Mar 15, 2023 | Case Study, Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Kitchen Incubators
CLiCK, Inc. (Commercially Licensed Cooperative Kitchen) is a 501c3 non-profit in Windham, Connecticut, with a mission to Grow, Cook, Share. The organization recognizes the historical and institutional injustices of the […]
Jun 17, 2021 | Case Study, Community Food Centers, Feasibility Studies
The Central Shenandoah Valley, population 368,000, is a large geographic area spanning 4,264 square miles in western Virginia. The region includes seven counties—Augusta, Bath, Highland, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, and Shenandoah—and […]
Feb 20, 2019 | Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Toolsite
One year ago today we launched the NVA Toolsite. We built it with the hope that it would help teams embarking on food system enterprise projects better understand the local […]
Jun 20, 2018 | Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Food Hubs, Local Food, Toolsite
New Venture Advisors launched the MarketSizer® and HubSizer® Toolsite earlier this year to enable anyone to conduct preliminary assessments of various types of food system infrastructure. The results allow users […]
Jun 15, 2018 | Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Frozen Processing, Toolsite
A microblog series on the HubSizer® and MarketSizer® tools from New Venture Advisors Are you a food hub that sees surges from your farmers in broccoli in the summer or […]
May 5, 2018 | Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Kitchen Incubators, Toolsite
A microblog series on the HubSizer® and MarketSizer® tools from New Venture Advisors. Do you own or have access to an entire building, space or business and want to convert […]
Apr 26, 2018 | Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Food Hubs, Toolsite
A microblog series on the HubSizer® and MarketSizer® tools from New Venture Advisors. Over the past few weeks we’ve explored how to analyze a market for local food with the […]
Apr 16, 2018 | Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Food Hubs, Local Food, Toolsite
A microblog series on the HubSizer® and MarketSizer® tools from New Venture Advisors. This week we’re looking into how to use the Local Produce HubSizer® tool to estimate the economics […]
Apr 11, 2018 | Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Rural Grocery, Toolsite
A microblog series on the HubSizer® and MarketSizer® tools from New Venture Advisors. This week we’re digging into how to use the Rural Grocery HubSizer® tool. This tool was designed for […]
Apr 2, 2018 | Feasibility Studies, Food Business Planning, Local Food, Toolsite
We are so excited about the launch of the NVA Toolsite and to get these tools into the hands of food system professionals, farmers, entrepreneurs, store owners and all of […]