Kununurra in the East Kimberley and Derby or Broome the West Kimberley offer significant potential to assist artisan food and beverage producers through establishing Food Hubs. • Skuthorpe – a 680-hectare parcel of land in Broome established in 2015 for potential horticultural and agricultural opportunities in the Kimberley and continues to attract ongoing investment. 56 57 Existing cooperatives are focussed on bulk producers. The artisan food and beverage segment rely on achieving economies of scale and shared direct marketing strategies and resources to compete with larger producers. This enables a greater diversity of quality, value-added products to be competitively developed, distributed and produced. Common user food production facilities achieve this outcome through reducing the cost per producer for expensive equipment such as kitchens, drying facilities, bottling, packaging, storage and distribution. These facilities can be privately, cooperatively, or publicly funded or a combination of public seed funding and other matching investments. The business model is focussed on developing the right mix of infrastructure for regional food producers and leasing it on a user pays basis. They are typically established by producers that come together to develop a cooperative model of sharing or purchasing costs and equipment, offering a ready vehicle for government to support by providing funding and policy support where the investment market is not already responding.
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Resources Department of Primary industry and Regional Development – Business Development Manager www.waopenforbusiness.wa.gov.au Department of Primary industry and Regional Development – www.waopenforbusiness.wa.gov.au/ Business Development Manager Department of Primary Industries – Food Industry Innovation +61 (0)8 9881 0221 foodindustryinnovation@agric.wa.gov.au Kimberley Food and Beverage Guide – www.agric.wa.gov.au/sites/gateway/files/Kimberley%20 Region%20Food%20and%20Beverage%20Capability%20Guide.pdf ORDCO – ordco.com.au
Western Australia, Kimberley. Aerial view of the Ord River and the fertile farmland at Kununurra.
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