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FRESH INGREDIENTS: Master chef Rosa Munoz, of Savory Fare, prepares a home-cooked meal in the commercial kitchen at food incubator Hope & Main in Warren. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. considers relaxing law on homemade food

Focus 02/18/2022

A home-based bakery seemed to make perfect sense to Portsmouth resident Kara Donovan. Friends and family had already asked to buy her creations, and...

DISHING OUT MEALS: Douglas Spikes, kitchen manager, and volunteer Kathy Block prepare meals for guests at social services nonprofit Amos House in Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For many groups, hardships evolving, not subsiding

Coronavirus 10/29/2021

Social services nonprofit Amos House in Providence has been inundated since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit in March 2020, and it doesn’t appear that...

Governor’s panel discusses strategies for aiding state’s small businesses

Business Services 07/29/2021

PROVIDENCE – A panel of business leaders discussed potential strategies aimed at aiding the state's small businesses on Facebook live on Thursday. The discussion was...

Roger Williams University to offer course on creating sustainable food systems

Education 06/23/2020

BRISTOL – Roger Williams University’s University College will offer a new course starting June 29 on how a more sustainable approach to food systems...

CHEF ROSA Muñoz, who works for Hope & Main member entity Savory Fare, prepares a meal in one of Hope & Main's kitchens. Hope & Main is launching next week its new Nourishing Our Neighbors program to provide free meals to seniors and needy families on the East Bay during the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY RUPERT WHITELEY

Stepping Up: Hope & Main starting new program to help feed...

Coronavirus 04/01/2020

WARREN – When schools in the Bristol-Warren School District closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hope & Main Founder and President Lisa Raiola knew...

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.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

From ‘Something New,’ the strong survive

Cover Story 08/17/2018

“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...

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

Nonprofit 03/07/2018

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...