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News Bites: Black Business Week 2021 / Social Enterprise Greenhouse Spring 2021 Virtual Incubator Program / New RI Brewers Guild Board Members

by David Dadekian
written by David Dadekian

Current news releases—Eat Drink RI is not the source for these items—please follow any links for more information.

Black Business Week Rhode Island 2021

Black Business Week RI

Black Lives Biz honors Black History Month by highlighting Black Businesses and hosting the first Black Business Week of Rhode Island. 

Black Lives Biz is hosting Rhode Island’s first Black Business Week from February 15th – 20th 2021. The week will be filled with discounts, specials and sales from over 35 participating Black owned businesses along with two virtual events. Among the participating businesses are Nubian Nailz, Glow Cafe and The Black Leaf Tea & Culture Shop. 

What to Expect:

How to transition a side hustle into a scalable business is one of the week’s highly anticipated virtual events hosted by Sterling Clinton-Spellman, founder and CEO of Polished, alongside Chip Douglas and Karriem Kanston. This event will highlight stories of converting lifelong passions into successful and profitable businesses. During the event they will share tips, best practices and local resources on how to convert a hobby into a scalable business.

To RSVP for How to transition a side hustle into a scalable business and a full schedule of Black Business Week RI, see https://fb.me/e/1YazO1kyM

Black Lives Biz is the nation’s leading search engine for Black-owned businesses with over 180,000 businesses listed nationwide. Our mission is to strengthen the alliances between Black owned businesses and to highlight all Black owned businesses through a digital portal. Visit  www.blacklivesbiz.com to learn more.

Social Enterprise Greenhouse Announces Spring 2021 Virtual Incubator Program for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses – Apply by March 5, 2021

Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG) has opened applications for its Spring 2021 Virtual Incubator program. The SEG Virtual Incubator is a five-week business education program that covers social entrepreneurship, business model planning, finances, and other important topics for startup organizations. More than 150 startups representing a wide variety of industries have graduated from the program since it began in 2017.

The SEG Spring 2021 Virtual Incubator begins with an orientation on March 15 and then meets twice weekly from March 22 to April 22 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. The program will be conducted virtually using Zoom. Participants benefit from the experience of learning together with a cohort of fellow early-stage business owners and receive continued professional support after the program ends.

SEG’s Incubator program is designed for anyone who has an idea for a business or nonprofit that will create positive social impact while being financially sustainable. Motivated and coachable social entrepreneurs and small business owners from Rhode Island and beyond are encouraged to apply. Applications are due by March 5, 2021. More information and the application are available at www.bit.ly/SEGIncubator.

The SEG Incubator is sponsored by the RI Department of Labor and Training’s Back to Work RI program, Rhode Island Foundation, Central Providence Health Equity Zone, Citizens Bank, Island Foundation, van Beuren Charitable Foundation, and EJMP Fund for Philanthropy.

Rhode Island Brewers Guild Welcomes New Board Members

Three new members join the five-person board

The Rhode Island Brewers Guild, the official association focused on promoting Rhode Island’s beer manufactures and brew pubs, recently held elections for their Board of Directors.  The board is made up of five representatives from member breweries who are voted on by the 31-member organization.  The 2021 Board will retain two key members, Jeremy Ruff, owner/brewer from LineSider Brewing in East Greenwich and Morgan Snyder, owner/brewer at Buttonwoods Brewery in Cranston.  

Joining the Board of Directors for 2021 are Matt Richardson, owner/brewer at the recently expanded Tilted Barn Brewery in Exeter, Armando DeDona, owner/brewer of Long Live Beer Works in Providence and Matthew Gray, President of Ragged Island Brewing Company in Portsmouth.  These new members replace Board members Jennifer Brinton of Grey Sail Brewing of RI, Tamara McKenney of Appanoug Brewing Company and Tony Barber of Ragged Island Brewing Co, whose terms have expired.

At their first monthly meeting on January 25th the board selected Jeremy Ruff to continue in his position as President and selected Matt Richardson as Vice President, Matthew Gray as Secretary and Armando DeDona as Treasurer.  The Board is charged with enhancing the marketing and promotion of the Ocean State’s growing brewery scene, legislative initiatives to spur business development and ensure compliance, as well as pursuit of technical training opportunities to enhance the quality of beer brewed in R.I.  

“The Rhode Island brewing community has seen significant growth in the number of beer manufacturers licensed in the State over the past 10 years.” said Executive Director, Gary Richardson.  “Today we have over 30 member breweries in the Guild with several more in planning phases.”

The RI Brewers Guild was a recent recipient of funding from the RI Commerce Corp’s “Take it Outside” grant which helped many brewers create or enhance outdoor beer gardens and seating areas to help safely retain tasting room sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent years the Guild has successfully lobbied for changes to State laws that allow for on-site sampling and takeout sales directly from the breweries. In the Spring of 2020, the Guild launched the RI Brewery Passport App.  This digital passport allows beer fans a chance to visit each of the member breweries and earn prizes for milestones met along the way.  The Guild looks to focus on additional legislative initiatives in 2021 as well as promoting a collaboration beer series between member breweries throughout the year.

For more information about the RI Brewers Guild visit www.ribrewersguild.org

  • Kara and Matt Richardson, owners/brewer of Tilted Barn Brewery
    Kara and Matt Richardson, owners/brewer of Tilted Barn Brewery
  • Matthew Gray, President of Ragged Island Brewing Company
    Matthew Gray, President of Ragged Island Brewing Company
  • Armando DeDona, owner/brewer of Long Live Beer Works
    Armando DeDona, owner/brewer of Long Live Beer Works
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News Bites: Relish Rhody, Rhode Island Community Food Bank and Tilted Barn Brewery

by David Dadekian
written by David Dadekian

Three current news releases—Eat Drink RI is not the source for these items—please follow any links for more information.

Relish Rhody

Participate in Relish Rhody as part of Food Day 2013!

Food Day, October 24, 2013, is a nationwide movement for healthy, affordable and sustainable food. Relish Rhody is the RI Food Policy Council‘s statewide campaign to celebrate RI food during the entire month of October.

It’s easy to participate and/or incorporate Relish Rhody into your existing Food Day celebration:

Teen Chef Creates 2014 Food Calendar to Benefit Food Bank

Warwick student has two-year history of supporting the Food Bank

Catherine Amoriggi’s 365 Food Calendar 2014 to support the RI Community Food Bank

Catherine Amoriggi may be only 16 years old, but she is a seasoned chef and food blogger. And she’s putting her skills to good use for hungry families in Rhode Island.

Catherine has created a unique 2014 wall calendar, featuring her recipes with professional photographs of each dish. In addition, the calendar presents facts about hunger and information about the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. She’s also included a variety of “food days,” like National Brown Bag It Day.

“Thanks to the generosity of the Amoriggi family, every penny of the proceeds from the calendar will benefit the Food Bank,” said Andrew Schiff, Chief Executive Officer of the Food Bank. “This grassroots project demonstrates the ability of young people to make a real difference in our community.”

Catherine has a history of cultivating ways to help the Food Bank. At age fourteen, she hosted a culinary event where she prepared an elegant meal for a large community gathering, raising more than $3000 for the Food Bank.

Catherine Amoriggi

The 365 Food Calendar 2014 is now on sale for $15 at Barrington Books and several Providence locations, including Stock Culinary Goods, Books on the Square and Farmstead. In addition, the calendar can be purchased online at www.rifoodbank.org/gifts, at the Food Bank’s facility at 200 Niantic Avenue, Providence, and at the Food Bank’s special events.

Catherine is one of many young philanthropists who have found creative ways to benefit the Food Bank. Recognizing this desire in our youth to make a difference, the Food Bank recently published “One Kid Can! Helping the Hungry: A Toolkit for Kids and Young Adults.” The 20-page booklet contains dozens of ideas organized by age group, along with tools and helpful hints for conducting food and “fun” drives; and can be downloaded for free by visiting www.rifoodbank.org/HungerActionMonth or by picking up a copy at the Food Bank, which is open Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm.

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank provides food to more than 68,000 Rhode Islanders in need every month through its statewide network of food pantries and meal sites. One in three served by the Food Bank is a child under the age of 18.

Tilted Barn Brewery, RI’s First Farm Brewery, to Open

Tilted Barn Brewery Founders Matt and Kara Richardson Seek Funding via Indiegogo to Build Rhode Island’s First Farm Brewery

Kara and Matt Richardson, owners/brewer of Tilted Barn Brewery
Kara and Matt Richardson, owners/brewer of Tilted Barn Brewery

In 2007, Matt Richardson and Joel Littlefield founded Ocean State Hops, Rhode Island’s first commercial hop farm. As their mission statement declares, these home brewing brothers-in-law were fueled by a passion to cram as many hops into each batch of beer as humanly possible and supply other brewers looking to quench their thirst for hops. Over the past six years Matt and Joel have succeeded, supplying hops to local homebrewers and breweries alike. Now Matt and his wife Kara will be expanding upon this success as they open Tilted Barn Brewery, Rhode Island’s first farm brewery.

Tilted Barn Brewery will be located in the historic barn on their farm in Exeter, Rhode Island, which has been in Kara’s family for over 50 years. The couple’s mission is to expand upon the success of Ocean State Hops and not only provide locally grown hops but also provide local, hand-crafted beer that is brewed with ingredients grown on the farm. The motivation behind Tilted Barn Brewery is to keep Kara’s family tradition of farming alive while adding their own modern twist for craft beer and the art of brewing. Visitors to the farm brewery will be able to tour the barn brewery, enjoy samples in the tasting room, and walk around the farm to see the ingredients that will go into each batch of beer.

Contributions will be used to

  • Convert the first floor into the brewery space and second floor into a tasting room and viewing area of the brewery.
  • Make the necessary modifications to the infrastructure of the barn, such as heating, plumbing, drains, etc.
  • Construct the bar and purchase the necessary draft lines, refrigeration, etc.
  • Build a temperature controlled fermentation and cold storage room.

This campaign will receive all funds raised even if it does not reach its goal. Funding duration: September 24, 2013 -November 23, 2013 (11:59pm PT).

Indiegogo Page: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tilted-barn-brewery/

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