Can-Do Kitchen Project

3 Phases of Growth & Promise

Phase 1

Thanks to the Michigan Organic Food & Farm Alliance (MOFFA), the first phase of this project was a fully equipped kitchen trailer located at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds.

Phase 2

For two years we used a great kitchen at First Baptist Church. This allowed us to operate all year-around and had more storage for clients.

Phase 3

Now we're in our own kitchen at 511 Harrison, sharing a building with the People's Food Co-op. Our shared visions make for a synergistic food hub!

With SKP Design we designed a brand new kitchen facility. Our new kitchen has room for the Co-op Deli as an anchor tenant and up to 3 incubator clients at a time. It features more dry storage, walk-in cooler and freezer, as well as new equipment and space for business meetings. Our new space is also great for community cooking classes and will host Eat Local Kalamazoo's Canning Classes.

TheCan-Do Kitchen facility features basic commercial kitchen equipment as well as specialty equipment, wireless Internet access, connections with SBTDC and other business resources, plus food preparation resources. Fair Food Matters and our community partners are very excited about the potential for innovation and collaboration.

Can-Do Kitchen Yesterday

Until July 1, 2009, the Can-Do Kitchen Trailer was located at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds. The Trailer was small but mighty, offering a fully functioning kitchen with 8-burner gas range/oven, 3-part sink, hand sink, stainless steel tables, refrigerator/freezer, and hot water. Many thanks to Michigan Organic Food & Farm Alliance (MOFFA) for loaning the trailer to Fair Food Matters for those two memorable years.

Get a flavor of what our original Can-Do Kitchen was like from an excerpt of a 2008 Kalamazoo Gazette article.