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W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports StartUP FIU Food program to help entrepreneurs of color digitally transform their businesses

       The StartUP FIU Food Digital Transformation Program is designed for low-moderate income entrepreneurs in the food industry, especially entrepreneurs of color, who are disproportionately affected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, businesses owned by people of color were twice as likely to shutdown permanently as those of their white counterparts. […]