Westport, NY

FACILITY PLANNING & CONCEPT DESIGN
FULL SERVICE ARCHITECTURE

Essex Food Hub is the only regional aggregator and food distributor in Clinton and Essex Counties, connecting small farms and food businesses to institutional markets and community partners while expanding access to nutritious local food.

In partnership with Hub leadership and Engineering Ventures, Midcourse is designing a phased renovation and expansion of its food hub in Westport, NY. The expansion will include improved cold storage and dry storage, office and operations spaces, and a rentable commercial kitchen.

Salem, NY

FULL-SERVICE ARCHITECTURE

Breadtree Farms stewards over 800 acres of orchards in the upper Hudson Valley and southwest Vermont, using regenerative agroforestry to expand perennial staple crops, soil health, and climate‑resilient food systems.

Midcourse is supporting Breadtree in designing and constructing the largest chestnut processing facility in North America on their home farm in Salem, New York. The facility will support a renewed industry for chestnut growers in the northeast.

Brooklyn, NY

FACILITY PLANNING & CONCEPT DESIGN

Brooklyn Packers is a worker-owned, Black-led cooperative that sources, packs, and distributes food to the Bed Stuy and larger Brooklyn community; their logistics model centers equity, solidarity economics, and support for regional BIPOC/queer/women-owned farms.

Midcourse is collaborating with Brooklyn Packers to design a cold storage, packing, and retail space in Bed Stuy that supports community food access and cooperative logistics.

Rochester, NY

FACILITY PLANNING & CONCEPT DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & PROJECT FINANCING

Headwater Food Hub, a certified B Corp, is a food hub that has pioneered regional food logistics and access solutions in New York state for 15 years. Headwater sources from over 200 regional family farms across New York, has developed an original line of branded products, and is dedicated to making good food accessible to institutional purchasers and retail outlets statewide.

With Headwater and Larklea, Midcourse is designing a new regional food logistics campus in Rochester, NY to serve as a hub for aggregation, fulfillment, offices, and community-based retail.

Salina, KS

FACILITY PLANNING & CONCEPT DESIGN

Midcourse is supporting The Land Institute in translating its pioneering research in perennial agriculture into a cohesive campus framework that integrates research, production, and public engagement. The project explores how buildings, landscapes, and systems can reinforce one another—linking experimental fields, labs, and shared spaces into a unified environment for long-term ecological innovation. The work positions the campus as both a working research site and a model for regenerative land-based design.

Northeast Region

Midcourse is leading the development of a dynamic, data-driven mapping tool to support strategic investment in regional food infrastructure across the Northeast. Working with Headwater Food Hub (Rochester and Western New York), Brooklyn Packers (New York City and Hudson Valley), and Keney Park Sustainability Project (Hartford and Central Connecticut), the project focuses on three distinct catchment areas to pilot a scalable approach to system-scale analysis and design.

The platform integrates geospatial data, supply chain analysis, and project-level insights to identify high-impact opportunities for aggregation, processing, and distribution. Designed not as a static map but as an analytical tool, it supports decision-making, aligns stakeholders, and accelerates the development of investable, bioregional food infrastructure.

Rutland, VT

FACILITY PLANNING & CONCEPT DESIGN

Vermont Farmer Food Center is a nonprofit focused on rebuilding local food infrastructure, promoting education, market access, and aggregation in the Rutland region.

Midcourse is working with VFFC and Larklea to develop a phased master plan for the expansion and site redevelopment of a regional food and farming center in Rutland, VT.

Hartford, CT

FACILITY PLANNING & CONCEPT DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT & PROJECT FINANCING

Midcourse has partnered with the Keney Park Sustainability Project to develop a regional-scale produce aggregation and processing hub in the North End neighborhood of Hartford that addresses longstanding gaps in the Connecticut food system. Designed to support small- and mid-sized farms, increase institutional procurement of local produce, and expand retail access to lightly processed and shelf-stable food, the Hartford Hub will be a proof of concept for future-facing aggregation infrastructure.

In partnership with KPSP and Northbound Ventures, Midcourse is leading predevelopment phases including operational modeling, market analysis, and long-term investment planning.

Bed Stuy, NY

FACILITY PLANNING & CONCEPT DESIGN

Midcourse is providing concept design for the ground-floor food hub at Steps at Saratoga, a mixed-use affordable housing development in Bed-Stuy. Working with the Central Brooklyn Food Co-op, Brooklyn Packers, and Urbane Development, as well as the lead Project Architect, Marvel Architects, and the project developer, Riseboro, we are shaping an integrated design strategy for three mission-driven food business tenants sharing a single site.

Our work aligns fit-out design, shared infrastructure planning, and operational frameworks across the tenants to support a cooperative grocery store, a worker-owned logistics operation, and a culinary training kitchen.