Food Hub
We’ve built the facilities, services and products that connect local farmers to regional markets.
ByWay Foods
ByWay Foods is Working Landscapes’ brand of foods products–we make fresh, healthy local food easy and accessible for
- Schools
- Agencies
- Institutions
- Cafeterias
- Individuals
We provide easy-to-use, washed and fresh-cut vegetables and prepared meals. We don’t just know what farm our food comes from, we know the farmer! And we aim to make it as easy as possible for institutions to provide the highest quality food to their clients who may not have not have any other choice.
We are committed to food safety. Read our food safety policy.
Facilities
ByWay Foods Hub occupies space in two downtown Warrenton, NC locations. The primary location is on Franklin Street, on a repurposed historic site that once housed a cotton gin and flour mill. Our fresh-cut vegetable operation is based here, in an expanded facility completed in November 2021. At this same location, we also manage a fresh produce CSA-style program that provides fresh, healthy food to community residents, in collaboration with CFSA’s FarmsShare program and other partners. We also offer refrigerated and frozen cold storage, a loading dock, and a forklift.
Just two blocks away, we manage the Main Street Kitchen, a commercial kitchen where we produce frozen meals for area seniors, and offer hourly shared-use rental to other food entrepreneurs.
We are also developing an on-site composting program, which converted 5,000 lbs of vegetable waste into compost in 2022.
Partnerships and Assistance
We are proud to be working in partnership with Loaves and Fishes food pantry to provide frozen storage food assistance programs.
Working Landscapes helps local farmers attain food safety certifications necessary for serving wholesale markets, such as GAP. We also work across the region with many partners to develop value chains that connect local farm products to regional markets. Our team can also assists farmers with grant writing for on-farm improvements, provide introductions to regional food distributors, and help envision how your land and agricultural practices can help address the climate crisis and promote soil health.