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[Admin](https://blog.beta.mn/author/admin) Mar 4, 2019, 10:54:48 AM 1 min read

# These Entrepreneurs Want to Boost Food Innovation in Minneapolis

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Via Minne Inno

"[Midwest Pantry](http://midwestpantry.com/) founders Zoie Glass and Chad Gillard are betting on Minnesota’s potential as a thriving home for food-related startups and innovation.

Glass and Gillard founded Midwest Pantry in 2009 to help small food businesses grow by building connections between entrepreneurs and offering practical support. Now, they’ve formed the NE Food District – a cluster of workspaces in Minneapolis that they say will foster innovation by offering physical space for food entrepreneurs.

The food district includes kitchens and meeting spaces that bring together companies of varying sizes and stages. The NE Food District started with six kitchens of varying sizes that could be leased by companies needing more access than a shared commercial kitchen space may offer, but are not ready to do a full build-out of their own. To lease the space, companies have to be ready to outfit the kitchen with their own equipment."

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