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Strong food system supports R.I.’s economy, culture, people

Rhode Island is known for its food. The state’s reputation goes beyond our excellent eateries. The local food industry is often cited as an...
SUCCESS STORY: Lisa J. Raiola is the founder of Hope & Main, a Warren-based food-startup incubator that has worked with more than 350 businesses. Three of the 51 initial PBN Something New small businesses are either graduates or current members of Hope & Main.
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From ‘Something New,’ the strong survive

“To some people, small sounds like a limitation,” said Travis Webster-Booth, owner of TWB Creative, a copywriting and business-services firm launched in October 2014...
FRESH snacks: Lauren Ruggiero holds her chihuahua, Maui. Ruggiero launched Buppy Pets out of Hope & Main in Warren a year ago to produce made-from-scratch, healthy dog treats.
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Healthy treats pets will eat

After watching multiple Netflix documentaries about the harmful impacts of too much sugar, fat and low-quality food in her and her husband’s diets, Lauren...
STEADY SELLER: Erika Lamb is the owner and CEO of SecondsFirst, which creates fish cakes for sale to food banks and institutional customers. She sells between 3,000 and 5,000 fish cakes a month. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Protein-rich fish cakes a bargain for food banks

Misshaped vegetables and fish that lack a local market are the key ingredients in the fish cakes produced by a new company, SecondsFirst LLC. The...
ARTISAN TEA: Michelle Cheng, owner and founder of Leafy Green, a tea company based out of Hope & Main in Warren, prioritizes single-origin tea leaves purchased directly from farmers to elevate her tea to “artisan status.” / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tea offers fresh taste of China

Growing up in China, ­Michelle Cheng and her family drank tea daily. At age 13, Cheng and her family immigrated to the United States,...
CENTRAL LOCATION: David Dadekian, owner and founder of Eat Drink RI, stands in front of the site of the former Shooters nightclub at 25 India St. in Providence, where he has proposed to create Central Market, a retail center where the public can gather and experience the best of the state’s small food-production businesses.  / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Local food businesses excited for Eat Drink RI’s Central Market

After being named Whiskey Magazine’s 2017 American Craft Producer of the Year, Sons of Liberty Spirits Co. wants to expand its footprint from South...
HOPE & MAIN and Crave Food Systems have launched an app to help local people buy local food.

Hope & Main serves up high-tech method to purchase local food

WARREN – Food-business incubator Hope & Main is bringing its small businesses online. The group has teamed up with Providence-based food-technology company Crave Food Systems...
SPENT GRAIN: OurGrain is a startup that reuses grain from beer-making to create other products, such as bagel bites and cookies. Co-founders from left: (rear) ­Victor Eng and Sam Burges, (front) ­Samantha Gannon, Nicole Gresko and Natasha B. Daniels. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

From beer making to baked goods

Ever wonder what happens to grain after it’s used to make beer? It’s called “spent grain” and a group of current and former Johnson &...
TWO HOPE & MAIN members took home accolades from the 2018 Good Food Awards in San Francisco.

Two Hope & Main members win national 2018 Good Food Awards

WARREN – Two Hope & Main member companies, SanoBe Superfoods and Halvah Heaven, have earned 2018 Good Food Awards, Hope & Main announced Friday. Hope...
The Burgundian, a Warren-based specialty waffle company, will launch a Kickstarter campaign on Friday, Jan. 19 to fund the renovation of a double decker bus into a mobile cafe and kitchen./ PHOTO COURTESY THE BURGUNDIAN

Warren-based waffle company launches Kickstarter for bus café

PROVIDENCE – The Burgundian, a specialty waffle company based out Hope & Main’s Warren kitchen, launched a $30,000 Kickstarter campaign Friday to finance the...
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