How To Help Two Local Food Communities Impacted by COVID-19
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Posted May 7, 2020 4 min read
How To Help Two Local Food Communities Impacted by COVID-19

The beloved Bay Area non-profit La Cocina has spent 15 years building a community of female food entrepreneurs, incubating about 125 businesses owned by immigrants and people of color and helping to launch 33 brick-and-mortar locations. In the past two months, however, those businesses, like many around the world, have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic. "La Cocina-born businesses have seen sales decline between 80 and 100%," says Michelle Magat, the incubator's director of development and communications. "Corporate events and catering have completely ceased, and so we've had many entrepreneurs who have made the heartbreaking decision to temporarily close

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