FareStart
Photos courtesy of FareStart.
FareStart transforms lives, disrupts poverty, and nourishes communities through food, life skills, and job training. In addition to operating a restaurant and café, FareStart provides hot, healthy meals for social service programs and schools, and offers several job training programs, including an adult meal production program and a youth barista program.
The Remala Foundation’s grants to FareStart support both meal production and the barista program for youth ages 15.5 to 24 In 2022, FareStart provided 1.5 million meals to people experiencing hunger and food insecurity. In 2023, its Barista & Customer Service aims to train 150 young people, , most of whom are people of color and/or LGBTQI+, helping them to feel empowered, access social service resources, get a job, and/or gain school credit.
“While working at FareStart I woke up to the idea that I could work anywhere I wanted for the first time,” says Jeremy, a recent graduate of the barista program. “Before I had even completed my training at FareStart, I realized the direction my life was headed had completely changed.”