The Food Studio at Pittsburgh Yards, Atlanta's First Black-Owned, Plant-Based, Commercial Shared Kitchen Will Break Ground on Juneteenth
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The Food Studio at Pittsburgh Yards, Atlanta's First Black-Owned, Plant-Based, Commercial Shared Kitchen Will Break Ground on Juneteenth?
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?????????? ?ATLANTA?(June 11, 2024) - The Food Studio?at Pittsburgh Yards??will hold its?official groundbreaking event between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Juneteenth, and the public is invited. The day will include speakers, storytellers, cultural artists, and an opportunity to experience plant-based foods. The Food Studio founder, and executive director of Urban Oak Initiative, Kevin McGee "Chef Kev", will lead the groundbreaking and reclamation of the historic agricultural site on which The Food Studio sits for the dream and purpose of unifying people through food. At the groundbreaking, The Food Studio will also reveal its design and membership plans. The celebration will be centered around plant-based foods, food entrepreneurship, and honoring the history of the land on which it will grow -- the former?farmland of Clark College's (now Clark Atlanta University) agricultural department.
The Food Studio will become Atlanta's first Black-owned, plant-based commercial shared kitchen, situated in The Nia Building?, the anchor of Southwest Atlanta's Pittsburgh Yards?development named after the Kwanzaa principle meaning purpose and where culinary heritage will come to life.?
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The Food Studio at Pittsburgh Yards will take place in The Nia Building (352 University Ave., SW, Atlanta, GA 30310) on June 19, 2024 between 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Click here?to register and to learn more.
Join us for a community celebration of Juneteenth and experience groundbreaking culinary creations from local plant-based food entrepreneurs
?????????? ?GENERAL AGENDA
?????????? ?9:00 - 9:30 am - Plant-based Breakfast by The Vegans Daughter
?????????? ?9:45 - 10:30 am - The Welcome and The Why
?????????? ?10:30 - 11:00 am - Cultural, Artistic Performances?
?????????? ?12-1:00 pm - Networking Luncheon/Vendor Hour - More about Chef Kev's Vision
?????? ??? ?1:00 - 2:00 pm - Ground Blessing and Groundbreaking Ceremony and Render Reveal
?????????? ?2:00 - 4:00 pm - Storytime and Historical Presentations: Reclaiming Our Ancestry and Heritage?