The New CSA: Chefs Invest in Chefs

Want to know how a business should be run?  Listening to the people who do it daily would be a good start.  That is the idea that we are basing our investment strategy on and funneling over $100,000 into the creation of new restaurants and food based endeavors.

We are out to create a community of ownership and internal investment among our members.  We are promoting and supporting profitable entities run by people who know what they are doing.  We are looking for projects based with chefs and food based workers that need a boost and will provide a viable return for 99Knives.

We are funding chefs who have a unique vision for the future of their ventures and solid ideas for how to make them work.  These are people with know-how and will.

Imagine a family of chefs who own their own restaurants.  Imagine the profits from that restaurant goes to support the people who own and run it, providing benefits beyond just a shift meal at the end of the day.

Imagine a community of where the chefs own the farm that produces the food they serve with a knowledgeable and courteous staff.

We are going to make this happen with three restaurants by the end of 2015 and more the following year.

When we think about the ways that we want to grow we think about words like "slow", "steady", "inclusive" and "sustainable".  We are making decisions based on the culture of quality with a diverse range of projects that will feed the whole.  $100,000 is a good start.