FOOD HUB
INNOVATION CENTRE
Come meet the future of your food business at the
Kootenay Farms Food Hub!​
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Our Food Hub is a collaborative, friendly space where producers and community members can use our affordable new processing equipment to create their own retail-ready food products and delectable innovations. Exchange ideas about exciting trends in food products and learn up-to-the-minute manufacturing and processing techniques.
Once you've signed up to use the facility, there are many services and supports available to help you grow your business.
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Imagine the possibilities. Make cherries into cherry jam, asparagus into zesty pickled spears, tomatoes into spicy antipasto, apple juice into apple cinnamon kombucha. All these creative food products and more are possible here at our Food Hub.
OUR FOOD HUB
Our Food Hub is a space where we work together to create your culinary vision. The choice is yours; have us package for you or save money and work alongside us.
Prep and clean, freeze, package, bottle, and label label—with our manufacturing experts on hand.
FEE FOR SERVICE
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Freeze Dryer
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Dry Goods Filling Machine
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Pasteurizer
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Multi-purpose Filling Line
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Laser Lot Coder
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Capper
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Heat Sealer
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Labelling
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Packaging
RENTALS
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Cold Storage
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Dry Storage
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Commissary Kitchen
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Vegetable Cutter
SERVICES
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Contract Chefs
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Product Making
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Rollstock Labels
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Distribution Hub
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Product Development Consulting
The Kootenay Farms Food Hub Innovation Centre is operated by the Fields Forward Society.
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The Fields Forward Society is a non-profit organization devoted to the development of a vibrant local agri-food system that sustains the community’s environmental, and economic values.
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Fields Forward promotes the development of food production in the Kootenays, careers in the food and farm sector, and access to healthy local foods.
A creative space to make your food ideas into business reality
CREATE. PRODUCE. PACKAGE.
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401 Payne Street, Creston, BC
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250-254-7131
OPENING HOURS:
Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm
​​Saturday: By appointment
​Sunday: Closed