What is an Organic Food Distributor?
What is an Organic Food Distributor?Organic food distributors are one of the key players in the organic supply chain and can provide many services both to organic farmers and organic retailers. Answer: Organic food distributors act as a middle man between farm and retailer. A distributor will purchase farm grown products and then redistribute them to a variety of customers such as organic grocery stores, restaurants, schools, institutions, food manufacturers and food processors. Not all food distributors deal only in organics. Some may buy and sell both conventional and organic products. A distributor who does handle organics is categorized as an organic handler and must be certified organic. The exception is a food distributor who only handles prepackaged organics – in
