Recent News from the Food Innovation Network:
Some FIN entrepreneurs have shifted their businesses to offer foods for delivery or pick-up! Here's a great chance to enjoy amazing food while supporting a small-business owner. Mamá Tila owner Ofelia Anorve will make fresh tamales the weekend of April 11-12. Tamales are just $30 per dozen, and FIN staff can attestthat they are delicious! Start your delivery or pick-up order online.
Naija Buka owner Lilian Ryland is making it easy to prepare tasty, authentic (or fusion!) Nigerian meals at home. Check out her sauces and meal kits on Naija Buka's website.
We want to thank everyone who’s helped us provide 450 tasty and healthy meals each week to community members who need them!
Our partner Linda Croasdill at the City of SeaTac Senior program reports, "The meals have been a big hit and everyone would like to give you and your support team a great big air hug and a really big smile." We also have great big air hugs for:
♥ Our donors, who have collectively contributed more than $2,000
♥ Our in-kind supporters:
Tilth Alliance is providing fresh, locally grown produce weekly
Macrina Bakery is supplying wonderful baked goods weekly
Project Feast is donating key ingredients, cooking dishes, and sharing much-needed kitchen facilities
Des Moines Area Food Bank is supplying dried beans and other legumes
FIN entrepreneurs, Incubator program manager Kerrie Carbary, and many of Kerrie's neighbors have contributed ingredients
Cheri Mayer gave our kitchen and delivery crews homemade masks to support health and safety
♥ Our chefs, meal packers, and delivery drivers
FIN entrepreneurs including Naija Buka owner Lilian Ryland, Mamá Tila owner Ofelia Anorve, Monique's Hot Kitchen owner Monica Wachira, and Seatango owners Monica di Bartolomeo and Ariel Firpo
Community volunteers including Liyu Yirdaw, Theary Ngeth, and FIN Steering Committee Co-chair Ehler Win
Global to Local staff members Abdi Hussein, Jonathan Sugarman, Katie Behrends, and Denise Miller
♥ Our community partners distributing meals
You can make a donation at bit.ly/FINmeals, or email Kerrie if you’d like to help in another way: kerrie@foodinnovationnetwork.org
Tune in to Home Cooking With Sheelan on Facebook
As many of us stay home to help stop the spread of COVID-19, we're looking for healthy recipes to cook for ourselves and our families. FIN program assistant and Soozveen Mediterranean Catering co-owner Sheelan Shamdeen is here to help! She's showing us how to make some of her favorite dishes via Facebook Live videos each Wednesday evening. Watch her videos on mouth-watering spinach stew and beef-stuffed zucchini, and follow our Facebook page to see upcoming videos!