Category: Community

October 4, 2021

Ocean’s Balance Marina Sauce Featured in EatingWell Magazine

In a Sept. 15, 2021 article by EatingWell Magazine featuring the “7 Best Marina Sauces You Need To Be Buying”, Ocean’s Balance Mariner’s Marinara pasta sauce selected as “Best With A Mission”. Ocean’s Balance, an innovator of edible seaweed products, is expanding beyond the Asian set with the introduction of Mariner’s Pasta Sauces. Made with […]

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June 15, 2021

Global Village Foods Wins 2021 NEXTY

Emerge member team Global Village Foods’ Allergy-friendly African-inspired Frozen Meals has been awarded a 2021 NEXTY Award for their full meal line and their Ethiopian Lentil Combo in the Best New Special Diet Food Category. Damaris and Mel Hall began serving up the rich flavors of Damaris’ native Kenya in farmers markets, food festivals and […]

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May 13, 2021

Seaweed Farms Help Fisherman & Help Fight Climate Change

Hear how Emerge member team, Atlantic Sea Farms, partners with seaweed farms to source kelp, which dramatically improves ocean water quality and absorbs one of the main greenhouse gases warming our planet, Carbon Dioxide. Seaweed could be a way to trap harmful emissions that are causing climate change. As a fun fact, did you know […]

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February 16, 2021

Fundamentals for Building Your Investor Network

With 2020 thankfully in our rear view mirror, many of us are looking forward to ‘getting back to normal’ in 2021. However despite good news about Covid vaccines, it will take much of the coming year to administer them. Translation: things probably aren’t changing all that much, all that soon. For emerging food and beverage brands, […]

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November 28, 2020

Celebrate Small Businesses & Support Emerging Brands This Holiday Season

We’re proud to share the 2020 Emerge Holiday Gift & Entertaining Guide! Featuring many of the small, growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) teams who are part of the Emerge learning and networking community, this guide is full of innovative and better-for-you products that can compliment your holiday entertaining and gift-giving needs! Each of these small, […]

July 1, 2020

FMI Emerge Transition Announcement

As of July 1, 2020 FMI announces the transition of ownership of its FMI Emerge program to Emerge Network LLC, a woman-owned small business led by former FMI Emerge Director Julie Pryor. Read the full Press Release

March 14, 2020

Grocery Stores and Their Supplier Partners Share a Commitment During COVID 19

Grocery stores and their supplier partners share a commitment to the communities they serve. Our supply chain will adjust to this national emergency.

January 9, 2020

Just Say “YES!”

Juggling family, friends, work, and all of the other responsibilities that come with living life can be overwhelming – especially during the frenzy of the holiday season. Learning to put aside time for ourselves and just say “YES!” is not as easy as it may seem, yet is worthwhile and beneficial. This blog by Meg Barnhart, founder of Zen of Slow Cooking and Emerge subscriber […]