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THE RHODE ISLAND Community Food Bank's 2023 Status Report on Hunger in Rhode Island notes that a record number of Rhode Islanders in 2023 needed assistance due to inflation and federal COVID-19 food support programs ended. / PBN FILE PHOTO / JAMES BESSETTE

New R.I. food bank status report shows food insecurity has worsened

Food & Agriculture 11/21/2023

PROVIDENCE – With the COVID-19 pandemic fading in the rearview mirror, there was a belief that food insecurity would decrease with people returning to...

BOTTLED UP: Employees at Plants to Food LLC in Lincoln operate machinery that bottles products such as pasta sauces.  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

At Plants to Food, market domination starts with being plant-based

Economic Activity 11/10/2023

PBN 2023 Manufacturing Awards EMERGING MANUFACTURER: Plants to Food LLC THE DEMAND FOR PLANT-BASED FOODS has exploded in the past decade as people seek cleaner, healthier...

HEAVY LIFTING: Joe Parillo, left, warehouse expeditor, and Joe Regan, warehouse manager, unload cases of canned goods at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank’s distribution center in Providence. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

High food costs still difficult to digest in R.I.

Business Services 10/27/2023

The past few years have been especially hard for Rhode Island residents facing food insecurity. Within the Ocean State, 1 in 3 households cannot...

Blount Fine Foods’ hot soup equals high revenue

Business Services 09/22/2023

PBN Fastest Growing Companies 2023 $75 million and above No. 2. Blount Fine Foods Corp. CEO (or equivalent): Todd S. Blount, CEO and president 2022 revenue:...

Feast & Fettle feasted during the COVID-19 pandemic

Business Services 09/22/2023

PBN Fastest Growing Companies 2023 $5 million to $25 million No. 2. Feast & Fettle Inc. CEO (or equivalent): Carlos Ventura 2022 revenue: $19.8 million 2020 revenue:...

LORI KETTELLE LAUNCHED PVDonuts LLC in 2016 citing a gap in the city's food scene for gourmet doughnuts. Late Monday, the company announced that it is being put up for sale. / COURTESY CHRISTOPHER MONGEAU

PVDonuts put up for sale

Economy 09/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – A well-known local doughnut staple is on the market and seeking new ownership. PVDonuts LLC announced late Monday in an Instagram post that...

Luca Carnevale

Food & Agriculture 07/21/2023

PBN 40 Under Forty 2023 Awards Luca Carnevale | 36 | Executive director of operations, Hope & Main What have been the most significant changes...

A NEW REPORT released June 5 by the New England State Food System Planners Partnership notes that the region has become too reliant on food exports, and calls for a more regionalized approach to food production and consumption. / COURTESY NEW ENGLAND STATES FOOD SYSTEM PLANNERS PARTNERSHIP

Regionalized approach on food production, consumption urged

Economic Activity 06/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – A new report released June 5 by the New England State Food System Planners Partnership notes that the region has become too...

NICOLE RICHARD, left, a University of Rhode Island food sciences researcher, received a $205,000 federal grant to find ways to improve food production safety in the state. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI food researcher receives $205K federal grant to help improve food...

Education 02/20/2023

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island food sciences researcher received a six-figure federal grant to find ways to help improve food safety...