Title:Community-Run Kitchen Spice Bridge Shows Key to Equity Lies in Food Access
از آنجایی که جوامع به دنبال راه هایی برای تقویت سیستم های غذایی محلی و تقویت اقتصاد خود هستند، برخی به انکوباتورهای تجاری مبتنی بر مواد غذایی مانند Spice Bridge در توکویلا، واشنگتن روی می آورند. اسپایس بریج، خانه برنامه انکوباتور تجارت غذایی شبکه غیرانتفاعی Food Innovation Network، به زنان رنگین پوست و مهاجران در South King County، واشنگتن کمک می کند تا کسب و کارهای پر رونق مبتنی بر مواد غذایی را راه اندازی و رشد دهند. همچنین به ساکنان مکانی می دهد تا فرهنگ های غذایی غنی و متنوع جامعه خود را یاد بگیرند و جشن بگیرند. بیشتر بدانید: https://planning.org/planning/food/
پل ادویه: https://foodinnovationnetwork.org/food-hall/
جهانی به محلی: https://www.globaltolocal.org/
شهر توکویلا، واشنگتن: https://www.tukwilawa.gov/، https://experiencetukwila.com/
عکس ها توسط دنیس میلر برای Global to Local و شهر توکویلا، واشنگتن.
قسمتی از متن فیلم: Communities nationwide are looking for ways to increase resilience and boost their economies for some part of the answer is enhancing their local food systems through food-based business incubators food businesses have traditionally been a way for many low-income families and immigrants to gain an economic foothold in the u.s
But barriers like high rental rates and difficult to navigate permitting processes and regulations can make it difficult for these first-time entrepreneurs to get their businesses off the ground community-run commercial kitchen spaces like spicebridge and tokula washington can help would-be food business owners get started and help local governments support new
Businesses and create more equitable access to entrepreneurship operated by non-profit global to local spicebridge is the cornerstone of the organization’s food innovation network program which helps women of color and immigrants in south king county washington a suburb of seattle start and grow thriving food-based businesses spicebridge opened last fall in one of
The anchor commercial spaces in tokula village a new mixed use development with 400 affordable and market rate apartments planning for the development began more than a decade ago the goal was to replace a block of rundown hotels with much needed affordable housing but through the visioning process community members let it be known
That the area needed more than just a bunch of apartment buildings they wanted a space for people to gather that reflected celebrated and supported their communities diversity as of 2018 just over 41 percent of the city’s residents were born outside of the united states three times the national average
And more than 60 languages are spoken within the local school district in addition to a library community event space and open plaza the developer of tequila village had originally planned to include a restaurant but the city partnered with the food innovation network program to take a different approach
A food hall and commercial kitchen space not only would such a space empower multiple local minority-owned businesses instead of just one restaurant but it would also address the community’s desire for a welcoming inclusive space where people could gather to learn about and celebrate the community’s rich food traditions from cambodian to zanzibarian cuisines
Spicebridge’s grand opening took place last fall the space accommodates up to 20 food businesses that either rent retail stalls in the public dining area or use the kitchen for off-site sales such as catering and farmers markets in addition to space that subsidize rent entrepreneurs at spicebridge received business support
Through the food innovation network’s food business incubator pilot program but that’s not all spicebridge also has broader community goals of helping build food access and food security in tokila by supporting the taquila village farmers market spicebridge is also utilized for the food innovation network’s community meals program which has provided more
Than 8 000 no-cost meals for seniors and families in need
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Time: 1612477268
Date: 2021-02-05 01:51:08
Duration: 00:03:32
