In a move to strengthen the production and distribution of locally grown food in Louisville, Mayor Greg Fischer this week granted a 24-acre vacant parcel of land in the West End worth $1.2 million to developers of a "Louisville Food Hub."
Where National Tobacco Co. once dried, cut and packaged tobacco purchased from Kentucky farmers on 30th Street, the new commercial agriculture park will process, store and distribute locally grown foodstuffs.
Seed Capital Kentucky, the hub's nonprofit developer, is pursuing tax credits to fund a warehouse, commercial kitchen and office space. It is negotiating final details with food and agriculture-related companies, including a juicery, an industrial food processor and a 2-acre demonstration farm. The first company to break ground later this year is a privately funded $20 million methane gas plant powered by compost and staffed by 21 union workers.
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