culinary

Baking For Good

Started in
2009
Location:
New York, NY
Web:
http://www.bakingforgood.com

About

Last year, Emily's mom received a gift of baked goods as a thank you. Emily watched her mom’s delight at the thoughtful gesture and recognized it as 'Delicious and more creative than flowers.' She loved the concept. She also sought a way to give back to the world by contributing a portion of the price to charity. So Baking For Good was born. Baking For Good is an online bake sale where customers can buy and send made-to-order sweets and 15% of each purchase goes to a charity of the person’s choosing. Financially, Emily backed the entire project herself and brought a design studio and a development team on board to make it happen. One by one, she recruited an impressive list of non-profits and charities to give customers a selection of causes for the contribution. The site launched in 2009 and was met with rave reviews, including the elite acknowledgment of Daily Candy, Health Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine. Since launch, orders have shipped to all 50 states, Emily has formed over 100 partnerships with nonprofits and community fundraisers, and she projects $20,000 in donations in 2010.

FEED Foods, Inc.

Started in
2004
Location:
New York, NY
Web:
http://www.feedgranola.com

About

In 2004, two guys named Jason lived together in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan. Both working as fashion models, they valued fitness and healthy eating, but grew tired of store-bought snacks. So Jason Osborn took matters into his own hands and started making an original recipe of granola from fresh, organic and local ingredients in their tiny kitchen. It was delicious and everyone noticed. More and more friends began walking up the six flights of stairs to swipe bags of the tasty snack. The Jasons realized they had a business on their hands. Jason Osborn, a former designer, crafted the decisively simple FEED branding, they hired a commercial kitchen, and hit the road to test their product at trade shows nationwide. It didn't take long for Whole Foods to take notice of the healthy, simple snack with a charming story. Now, with six granola flavors on national grocery shelves and plans to expand beyond the granola category, the Jasons are doing their part to FEED the world. Delicious.