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Members-Only Event: How To Make Your Food Business—And Kitchen—Healthy Again
Members-Only Event: How To Make Your Food Business—And Kitchen—Healthy Again

Forbes

time6 days ago

  • Business
  • Forbes

Members-Only Event: How To Make Your Food Business—And Kitchen—Healthy Again

Join us July 30th at 12PM EST as Forbes staff writer Chloe Sorvino and Kettle & Fire chairman Justin Mares unpack what it takes to build a better-for-you food business in 2025, how Make America Healthy Again is changing the game for the food and beverage industries and the glaring gaps that still exist. They will discuss synthetic additives and food dyes, seed oils, Glyphosate residue and much more. We'll discuss: Insider strategies on how to formulate better-for-you food and beverages for mass consumption Advice on the top ingredients to cut from your kitchen to stay ahead of the curve Tips on labeling and the certifications that actually resonate with consumers and meet them where they are How to scale a brand built for the MAHA era Chloe Sorvino Forbes Chloe Sorvino is a staff writer who leads coverage of food, drink and agriculture. Chloe is also the creator and author of the weekly newsletter Fresh Take. Her book Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed and the Fight for the Future of Meat published on Dec. 6th, 2022 with Simon & Schuster's Atria Books. Since joining Forbes in 2015, Sorvino has reported at In-N-Out Burger's secret test kitchen, drought-ridden farms in California's Central Valley, burnt-out national forests logged by a timber billionaire, a 100-year slaughterhouse business in Omaha, and even a chocolate croissant factory designed like a medieval castle in Northern France. Sorvino graduated with a journalism degree from George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs. Justin Mares Forbes Justin Mares is a serial entrepreneur and investor at the forefront of health, wellness, and direct-to-consumer (DTC) innovation. He has founded several successful companies, including Kettle & Fire (a leading bone broth brand), Perfect Keto and Surely (non-alcoholic wines). Mares is also the co-founder of TrueMed, revolutionizing HSA/FSA fund usage for everyday health purchases. As a venture partner at Long Journey Ventures and an angel investor, he actively supports and mentors startups. Mares shares valuable insights on DTC brands and entrepreneurship through his newsletter, "The Next Brand," and is involved in cutting-edge research on pathogen inactivation using microwave technology.

US farm agency ends program to support small businesses
US farm agency ends program to support small businesses

Reuters

time16-07-2025

  • Business
  • Reuters

US farm agency ends program to support small businesses

WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it would cut funding for a national network of centers that have supported thousands of small- and mid-sized farm and food businesses. The cuts are another hit to farmers from President Donald Trump's effort to shrink the size and cost of the federal government. The administration has previously canceled programs for local foods and food banks and climate-friendly farming, among others. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement that the agency was terminating the Regional Food Business Centers program because they were not financially sustainable. Four of the 12 centers will close immediately, and the remaining eight have the option to continue managing existing grants through next May, Rollins said. "USDA will honor existing commitments for over 450 grants to farmers and food businesses to ensure planning decisions on the farm can continue as normal, however stakeholders should not plan on this program continuing," she said. The USDA under former President Joe Biden spent $400 million to open the centers as part of its effort to increase resilience and competition in the U.S. food supply chain. The centers have provided training or technical assistance to more than 5,500 farms and businesses, according to a 2024 progress report. "The USDA has made yet another decision to prematurely end multi-year agreements that are effectively serving the small family farms the administration claims to be the focus of their agenda," said Hannah Quigley, policy specialist at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, a policy and advocacy group.

San Leandro food startups, charities brace for closure of community kitchen
San Leandro food startups, charities brace for closure of community kitchen

CBS News

time01-07-2025

  • Business
  • CBS News

San Leandro food startups, charities brace for closure of community kitchen

The future of more than 100 mom-and-pop food businesses is now in limbo after the East Bay commissary kitchen where they prep their meals is set to close its doors. "We are so depressed," said Grecia Sarabia, who launched her La More catering and meal prep businesses three years ago inside the Deputy Sheriff's Activities League Community Kitchen in San Leandro. "This place gave us a chance to not only start our business, but also grow our businesses," said Sarabia. "It helped us create a great solid foundation." The DSAL Community Kitchen launched six years ago, becoming a cost-effective incubator for dozens of start-ups by offering cheaper rates for commercial kitchen use and storage, along with support and other resources for entrepreneurs. But despite becoming a successful incubator for several small businesses, budget woes recently caught up to the kitchen's ability to operate, and last month they sent out a letter saying, it was "ceasing operation as of July 1, 2025," because it was "unstainable for us to continue operating the kitchen." "For the past three years, we were losing $20,000 per month, after we lost several other revenue streams from businesses that outgrew us, and the board decided we could no longer maintain," said DSAL Executive Director, Peter Eiser. For Mikki Bunang, who launched his healthy meal prep business ALAB SF at the DSAL Community Kitchen, he has now had to temporarily trade in his chef's hat to work as kitchen manager by helping businesses pack up and find new homes where they can survive. "Probably 60% to 70% are going to continue on with their businesses, and I would say 10% are closing doors or ceasing operation, and 20% don't know yet what they are going to do," said Bunang. According to Eiser, DSAL is looking to Alameda County for help with an outstanding $800,000 loan with a balloon payment due in 2027. Already, the county board recently approved funding to help the small businesses make the transition to another kitchen. "Renters can apply for a stipend through the county," he said. A weekly food giveaway that supported nearly 200 households in the county is also being shut down, with its final giveaway taking place on June 27. Eiser said the county intends to reopen the facility in some capacity, but no timeline or plan has been set.

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