The “Civitas Foundation” is an NGO experienced in rural development. With the financial support of the “Romanian-American Foundation” in 2017 it initiated a pilot project to test the efficiency of the “food hub” short food supply chain in Romania. The goal of this endeavour is to improve the competitiveness and the development prospects of small and medium-sized farmers, and the revitalisation of the rural areas in general. We aim to analyse the undertaking according to the following objectives: (1) Assess the functions and services provided by the food hubs; (2) Draft a profile of the networks’ producers;(3) Investigate the factors which could endorse or hinder the development of the food hub networks in Romania. To achieve our goal, we carried out a qualitative research based on secondary data analysis, interviews with significant stakeholders, and participant observation. We can conclude that this model of short food supply chain merges a variety of producers, diverse in size and economic performance, product type and category. The food hubs are not just aggregators of local agri-food products or logistical warehouses, but they provide several vital services for small and medium-sized farmers. Under certain circumstances (e.g., financial and policy support), this approach, which couples economic targets with sustainability issues, has chances to be successfully scaled up on a national level.