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Support Network Bolsters Entrepreneurs’ Confidence, Breaks Barriers to Food Business
Training, networking and guidance continues after founding in 2022. Arely Sanchez cooks Salvadoran pupusas on Saturday at the Winter Farmers Market at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. She said after connecting with the La Plata Food Equity Coalition’s Food Business Workgroup, which provides entrepreneurs resources to get their businesses started, she feels much more confident about her ability to work independently and run a successful business.
Article by: Christian Burney | Durango Herald Staff Writer
Photo by: Jerry McBride | Durango Herald Photo Editor
Food-focused Nonprofits in Durango Push for Access to Services in Immigrants’ First Languages
Sanchez makes various pupusas, including bean and cheese, squash, and pork — all served with a relish of pickled carrots, cabbage, red onion and jalapeno peppers. The recipe for her Durango pupusas is the same one she used when she made the popular dish in her native country of El Salvador.
“It’s so easy,” Sanchez said of her prior business in El Salvador. Sanchez spoke Spanish through interpreter Lisa Rogers, who provides language services to several Durango nonprofits.
Article by: Mark Stevens | The Colorado Sun