Our ServSafe Food Safety Manager certification class is an 8-hour course designed to teach kitchen users how to properly produce food in a manner that is safe for public consumption. This course culminates with a competency exam and certification upon passing.

This certification is ideal for individuals working in food service management, and is required for Hope & Main membership.

Open to public. Admission includes book.

Interested in being a more conscious leader?  In this interactive and engaging workshop you will gain a clearer understanding of your own leadership models, explore different leadership competencies, and identify areas for your own growth as leaders.

What to Expect:

Participants will conduct a leadership self-assessment by exploring the skills, attitudes and attributes that they find most important to successful leadership. Upon completion participants will:

• Identify the skills, attitudes and attributes of exceptional leaders in their lives and themselves through reflection and consider why/how these ingredients are important in their leadership model.
• Discover their individual leadership model.
• Explore alternative skills, attitudes and attributes of exceptional leaders (leadership models).
• Identify areas of potential growth.

This workshop is open to Hope & Main members only and is free to attend.

About The Host: Sebastian L. Moore
Sebastian is an Executive Coach and Navy Submarine Force veteran with 10 years of leadership experience and holds an MBA from Johnson & Wales University.  Sebastian employs a results-driven, humanistic, heart & mind leadership centered approach in his work with his clients.  Sebastian currently leads the Workforce/Leadership Development Unit at a Naval Research and Development Facility in Newport, RI.  He lives in Bristol with his wife, 2 son, and dog.

Come for breakfast, stay for lunch, leave with dinner! Our weekly summertime farmers-makers market features a dynamic lineup of New England-based food, beverage and artisan vendors, and interactive activities for the whole family! Find hundreds of locally grown produce, coffee, tea, baked goods, confections, meats, seafood, pet treats, body care products, kitchen wares and more. We accept cash, credit cards, SNAP/EBT, WIC Checks, and participate in the Bonus Bucks Program.

FREE EVENT.  FREE PARKING. RIPTA BUS ROUTE 60. ON EAST BAY BIKE PATH

WELL-BEHAVED, LEASHED PETS WELCOME.

Do you have an idea for a food business? Now’s your chance to explore that idea with the region’s premier food business incubator. Hope & Main’s Bootcamp covers a broad number of topics related to starting and growing a food business. Topics include:

• Market Research
• Business Plans
• Branding, Sales & Marketing
• Funding Options
• Legal Considerations

This comprehensive overview of what it takes to start and sustain a food business also includes a panel discussion featuring entrepreneurs currently running food-related businesses. Opportunities for self-assessment, networking, and Q&A will also be provided.

Here’s what you’ll get out of participating in the Bootcamp:

• A road map to move your idea from product, to brand, to business
• The ability to identify market potential and target customer
• Clarity on your strengths and weaknesses as an entrepreneur
• A new perspective on the landscape of the local food economy
• Light refreshments including Hope & Main member-produced products to enjoy

THERE IS NO COMMITMENT TO HOPE & MAIN MEMBERSHIP AT THIS TIME.  If participants choose to pursue membership with with Hope & Main after the Bootcamp, the cost of the Bootcamp will be credited towards on-boarding fees.