Category Archives: NMEP Monthly Newsletter

Prepared Meals and fresh produce to keep you happy and healthy! Barley Risotto with Slow Cooked Greens and Lemon Tahini Sauce…how does that sound? Sounds delicious and nutritious right? This is just one example of many plant-based convenience meals you can receive weekly through Community Harvest, a prepared meals program. Prefer to make meals yourself?…

Over the last month, No More Empty Pots has partnered with community organizations and connected with individuals and families to support food security needs during the COVID-19 pandemic with the Community Harvest Feeding Our Neighbors Program. Each week, we check in with local producers to see what’s in season and in stock. When the fresh…

A Word from No More Empty Pots Founder and CEO, Nancy Williams I hope that this message finds you well, healthy and safe. We recognize that we are in the midst of a lot of change and uncertainty. With change and uncertainty there is also great opportunity. Since March 13, NMEP staff has been working…

When you build and support local businesses, communities are strengthened. Jobs are created, and local dollars grow as they move through our businesses and stores. The No More Empty Pots Food Incubator Membership provides entrepreneurs with workshops, mentorship, networking and growth opportunities. Launching a business can be difficult. Food Entrepreneur Manager Britney Gibilisco says, “The…

Since 2015 you have shared your opinions, aspirations, dreams, goals, disappointments, losses and laughter with friends, family, co-workers and neighbors in the café. We’ve bonded over a love for local foods, great coffee and wonderful people. On February 16, 2020 Cups Café at Little Italy will be permanently closing its doors. Our lease is ending…

If you’re in Florence on a Monday night, you may see the neon open sign flashing like a beacon at Cups Café at Florence. Inside, you’ll find your neighbors gathering with friends and family at Pay What You Can Happy Hour (PWYCHH). From 4pm to 8pm on Monday Nights, Cups Café and No More Empty…

Today, Universal Allah of Best Burgers is cooking burgers and toasting buns in the No More Empty Pots Commercial Kitchen. Upstairs, his family and friends are running a pop-up restaurant in Cups Café at Florence. They’re getting a feel for how their own restaurant will run when they open it in 2020. After working with…

Two years ago we met a blossoming young chef named Harrison. He loves getting creative when making his own recipes. At the time, he had just turned 11 and No More Empty Pots was privileged to help him celebrate his birthday with food. Harrison along with his closest friends and family threw down in the…

Katie joined the No More Empty Pots Mosaic Volunteer Team at the Food Hub a few weeks later than the rest. She was shy and reserved, hanging near a dear friend, Tiff. Katie could be coaxed into conversation but if she lost her train of thought would say: “I lost it in my brain.” or “I…

Bob and his wife have been avid attendees of the Hubbard Sustainability Series events at presented by Metropolitan Community College at DoSpace where No More Empty Pots has catered rescued and repurposed food. At one event, Bob began grazing the food table before it even started.  Bob shared that No More Empty Pots always has the…