Introducing "April's Got the Blues"

Keith and Geoff

And the granola: the apricots are unsulphured, which means they don’t have that drop-dead orange beauty that you know in your heart can’t be real anyway. The blueberries are wild, hand-picked, juice-sweetened—too pricey for our budget, yes, but hey, this time it’s for love. Order up soon, because we’re only making a bit more than we know we need. We’ll be in the kitchen next weekend, so for those of you month-clubbers, yours will arrive mid-month.

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Our First Retail Partners

Keith and Geoff

We are starting to pick up steam in expanding our sales channel. We now have two official retail partners in the Providence area where you can purchase Providence Granola Project granola:Liberty Elm Diner, where you can order it by the bowl or pick it up in 1lb bags, andBlue State Coffeewhere you can have it with yogurt or in 6oz "Go-Packs." Tell your friends...

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Berita has a job

Keith and Geoff

As I see it, the main thing we are teaching our employees in this project is confidence—confidence that they can learn new skills, that they can communicate across almost any language barrier, and that they can be a crucial part of a team. Our hope is that what Berita learned with us played some part in helping her interview for and get a job, and that it will make her upcoming transition more smooth and less frightening. We will miss her.

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Nelson Colon: Serve Safe Guru

Keith and Geoff

This is an interview with Nelson Colon - the Providence Granola Project's "Serve Safe" whiz. He is a graduate of the Amos House Culinary Program.

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Friday Nights at Amos House

Keith and Geoff

Top: Godeliva, originally from Burundi, enjoys her first day (ever!) on a job in America.Middle: Berita and me with our big box of raisins.Bottom: Nelson Colon gets a pan ready for the oven.

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Flavor of the month for March: Orange-Kirschwasser-ola

Keith and Geoff

A note from the cook:  I grew up in Vietnam where the oranges weren’t orange. Kumquats, mandarins, persimmons, and papaya were orange. Dragonfruit were purple. Oranges were green.

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