Harvest Kitchen

Saturday Mornings at the Eastern Market I have always been a health nut, and over the years I have been switching to a farmer’s market than a traditional supermarket. A Farmer’s market is essentially what the name entails. Farmers come from around the area to sell their produce to customers in person. The products sold are the freshest as can be. Entrepreneurs can also be found selling their products. Farmer’s markets are a safe place for small businesses to sell their items without the fear of having big name supermarkets as their competition. The Eastern Market located in Detroit, has been around since the 1800s. Surprisingly the Eastern Market was devoted to hay and wood sales, but over time the main product became produce. (detroit historical)

Rachel is a young lady, presumably in her early 20s. Her brand is called Harvest Kitchen. I had decided to walk towards her vendor because, I noticed that she was one of the only vendors that was standing up and in front of her table. Many vendors were standing or sitting behind their table, Rachel was not. This is a great tactic because it makes her seem very approachable and accessible.

“Hi, can I ask what Harvest Kitchen is all about?”

“Yes, of course! Harvest Kitchen is a company designed to make homemade meals on the go.” I noticed behind her there was a display of different meals in containers ranging from pasta to meatballs. Rachel said this with a big smile, I could surely tell she was proud of her product.

“Oh so closely related to frozen boxed food, but much healthier.”

“Yes, that is close to the point. Customers can purchase their choice of meal which is fresh, made the morning of. Once choosing their all organic meal, they can take it home and just insert it in the oven or

“To start, we have to two parts of our company. It starts with the Detroit food academy, and small batch Detroit is an extension from it. To sum it up the Detroit food academy has three primary goals. The First goal is to offer meaningful employment and career opportunities for Detroit Food Academy high school school graduates. $0.30 of every dollar spent directly employs a young Detroiter at a minimum of $12.50 per hour. The graduates are the ones who are making these products we sell. Secondly, the goal is to form an essential component of a multi-pronged food-rooted pipeline for young Detroiters to actualize as healthy, connected, and powerful leaders.” He ended with a smile, proud to have share their company with