A Shout Out to Local Heroes
Many local food and drink businesses (and their leaders) have inspired us these past few weeks. Every act of generosity we’ve seen has involved collaboration of some type—it hasn’t been a time to go it alone but to come together as a community.
While the acts of courage, compassion and support we’ve witnessed are too numerous to mention all of them, we’d like to give a big shout out to a few of these heroic efforts.
We are proud to nominate the following local food and drink heroes for participation in Niman Ranch's Beyond the Plate initiative:
Who do you want to recognize? You can read about additional local heroes in our Beyond the Plate collaboration with Niman Ranch at bit.ly/2SFoIrA .
Silvana Salcido Esparza - Beyond the Plate Hero
Silvana Salcido Esparza used her closed Barrio Café Restaurant to host volunteer chefs to cook meals for out-of-work culinary and hospitality workers and first responders, even when she was unsure...
Salad and Go - Beyond the Plate Hero
Salad and Go swung into action almost immediately and has served over $250,000 worth of free salads to out-of-work industry members, health care workers and first responders. The company is now...
Noi Cacao - Beyond the Plate Hero
Noi Cacao’s Bianco Bar is a collaborative effort between Chris Bianco, Rene Andrade of Ghost Ranch and Alex Olmos Axelson of Noi Cacao to...
Local First Arizona - Beyond the Plate Hero
Local First Arizona has been a beacon in the storm, providing information and advice to small businesses faced with shifting regulations,...
Danielle Leoni - Beyond the Plate Hero
Danielle Leoni of The Breadfruit & Rum Bar wrote an open letter to Gov. Doug Ducey in the early days of the pandemic advocating on...
Farmers Market Managers - Beyond the Plate Heroes
Farmers Market managers worked tirelessly to ensure that the markets received the recognition as essential services they deserved, and then...
Blue Sky Organic Farms - Beyond the Plate Hero
Blue Sky Organic Farms opened its doors to its West Valley neighbors by hosting products from other food producers and vendors at its farm...
Benny Blanco Tortillas - Beyond the Plate Hero
Benny Blanco Tortillas offers porcupine tortillas for free. There isn't a Benny and there isn't a porcupine. But there are amazing...
5,000 Pounds of Carrots. 50,000 School Kids.
When a program to bring rainbow carrots to 50,000 school kids from local farmers was in jeopardy due to COVID-19, Blue Watermelon and school procurement officers stepped up to save the day.
Wear your Loyal-Tee
Creative fundraising is the name of the game now. Many local food and drink businesses have paired up with their artistic friends to create...
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