We spoke with three women whose thriving food businesses can be found at many local farmers markets. Dig in to hear their thoughts on cooking and community.
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Stacey Waldspurger
What inspired you to start your business?
I developed a love of food, specifically food shared in community, when I launched a meal kit business after graduate school. This company, Tomato Sherpa, created dinner kits delivered to businesses around the Bay Area for employees to take home to cook. During our demos, I connected with customers and saw how our meals helped them share food in a new way, with families and friends coming together around cooking. While the business needed much more funding than I was able to raise to succeed, it gave me something I didn’t want to let go of…