And so Hope and Main , the state ’ s first food incubator , was born .
“ A food business is many times a path to economic mobility for a family and creates vibrancy in a local community ; they create ownership and that ’ s important because it ’ s part of the idea that the local food economy really stands on the shoulders of small food businesses ,” says Raiola , Hope and Main ’ s president .
Once a recipe is turned into a consistent product , the next step is to make the product a business , and help it stand out against other products . Hope and Main ’ s objective is to move the vendors through those stages .
Hope and Main has launched 450 companies since 2014 , and businesses like Feast and Fettle and Backyard Food Company are just two of the many graduates that started off with a dream then worked to make that dream a reality .
“ That ’ s why our incubator works ,” Raiola says . “ We ’ re helping people to incubate ,
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