Genuine Local

ning process reviews, labeling requirements, recipe scaling, pricing development and marketing. Foodpreneurs will realize an increase in efficiencies through increased production runs, consolidated purchasing of inputs and packaging, and collaborative distribution. Quality in food production practices will be ensured through use of proven standard operating procedures (Kitchen Ops Toolbox). During the last several years there has been an explosion in the level of awareness among food consumers. This awareness extends to not only what is in the food people purchase and eat, but where it came from and how it was raised or made. Food ingredients play an important role for many in managing their health and addressing the rising number of food sensitivities and/or allergies that have increased in recent years. Establishing a production facility that also offers its producers training, technical support, regulatory guidance, introduction to innovative sustainable business practices, and leverages individual buying power through collective purchasing (hence reducing input costs), will enable existing and future small food producers to enhance their financial viability, expand their market reach and create additional jobs.