Dec 19, 2021 | Case Study, Food Business Planning
Damian’s Craft Meats (DCM) provides on-farm animal processing services for producers in southeast Michigan. Demand for Damian’s processing services has far outpaced the company’s capacity since opening in 2014. It […]
Sep 21, 2021 | Community Food Centers, Food Business Planning, Food Hubs, Kitchen Incubators, Strategic Planning
New Venture Advisors is seeing a growing number of Community Food Center and innovative food facility projects develop across the United States. We are constantly talking with teams and individuals […]
Sep 20, 2021 | Food Business Planning, Food System
Food systems are made up of people engaged in creation, commerce, and community from production to consumption. For any food business, policy, or plan to be viable, it must take […]
Jun 14, 2021 | Case Study, Entrepreneurship, Food Business Planning, Local Food, Strategic Planning
The Good Food Collective (GFC) aims to build a vibrant economy, steward natural resources, and support the physical and cultural health of the Durango, Colorado area by investing in the […]
Dec 4, 2020 | Case Study, Food Business Planning, Rural Grocery
The Great Plains Food Bank serves every county in North Dakota as well as western Minnesota, working with community partners to efficiently secure and direct resources and eradicate hunger in […]
Sep 21, 2020 | Food Access, Food Business Planning, Leadership
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult, if not impossible, to ignore the challenges within our current food system. For those who have spent decades working on the front lines, […]
Sep 7, 2020 | Food Business Planning, Food System
If ever there was a time to seek solutions toward building more resilient communities, it is now. Regardless of social and political debates around climate change, society has reached a […]
Aug 31, 2020 | Food Business Planning, Food System, Leadership, Local Food
Food has never been a bigger story than since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. The news has been heartbreaking and at the same time awe-inspiring to see the scale […]
Jun 19, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Food Business Planning, Kitchen Incubators
Late last summer we were contacted by Open Door Advisors with a remarkable question: “Would you be interested in writing a starter guide to help houses of worship use their […]
Mar 17, 2020 | Case Study, Community Food Centers, Food Business Planning, Food System
The Oneida Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people, with a reservation located on 65,000 acres near Green Bay, Wisconsin. The tribe works to offer programs, services, and […]