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FoodLab

Non-Profits & Religious Organizations
@foodlabdetroit
Detroit | Chicago
  • Spirituality & Religion
  • Following 2K
  • Followers 9.2K
  • Engagement 1.25%
  • Avg comments 3

About FoodLab

FoodLab (@foodlabdetroit) is a Non-Profits & Religious Organizations creator on Instagram, also filed under Spirituality & Religion. The account has 9,249 followers and 1,307 published posts. Recent posts average 95 likes and 3 comments, an engagement rate of 1.25%.

FoodLab belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. FoodLab follows 2,042 accounts, so the audience is roughly 4.5 times the size of the list followed. FoodLab is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files FoodLab under Non-Profits & Religious Organizations, with Spirituality & Religion as a secondary category.

FoodLab's Instagram bio is brief, at 2 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for FoodLab dates from December 2024.

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1,307 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for FoodLab, 4 are carousels, 3 are single images and 3 are videos. No single format accounts for most of them. FoodLab has built a substantial archive of 1,307 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 7.1 followers for each post published. FoodLab also keeps 1 story highlight on the profile. 9 of those 10 carry captions, averaging 160 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include food, industry, restaurant, community and work. The captions tag #whereartmeetscuisine, #rubellmuseum, #jonandvinnys, #artfuldining and #highroadrestaurants.

Reminded of the harmony that exists between creativity and nourishment. Art and food are not separate pleasures but complementary expressions of humanity.

#WhereArtMeetsCuisine #RubellMuseum #JonAndVinnys #ArtfulDining
“The pandemic opened my eyes to another layer of hospitality that I didn’t know existed.” -Omar Anani, chef/owner,. (FoodLab Fellow, 2000 cohort).

Catch more stories like this tonight at the live broadcast of Awards: Stories of Resilience and Leadership.

Tune in at 8pm EST, live on Twitter, as The James Beard Foundation salutes the independent restaurant community, and organizations, who’ve shown extraordinary leadership and resilience in the past 18 months!❤️
Following last summer’s racial justice movements, formed the “Racial Justice Fund” in recognition of grassroots Black- and brown-run organizations already addressing industry-wide inequities.

“This organization was founded by restaurant workers who really just wanted to make sure that the industry was hospitable for all,” says RWCF’s new executive director,.

At FoodLab we are so grateful that we’ve been selected as one of the six grant recipients from. We are honored to work alongside,,, and

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you! This grant will be used to support our “Changing food & labor” fellowship! We can’t wait to get to work.
This is an industry that was built on a shaky foundation, and the global pandemic put a spotlight on every single crack. But through these cracks, real leadership emerged. Leadership that prioritizes the safety and needs of employees over the whims of customers. Leadership that centers local communities, providing groceries and hot meals for those in need. Leadership that still turns out exceptional cooking that manages to comfort and delight even when the odds are stacked against them. This year's Best New Chefs exemplifies this approach to leadership.
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Congratulations to 2020 FoodLab Detroit fellow, and chef/founder of,, for being inducted into the 33rd class of Best New Chefs! We love you and we’re so proud of you! ❤️
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“There are few things that frustrate Kim more than the expectation that the food she cooks should be "cheap." Those same expectations are not placed on the Italian restaurant two blocks away that charges $22 for five pieces of ravioli in butter sauce, she points out: "People don't bat an eye at that." She believes that Asian food is undervalued in general, even though just as much thought, care, and labor goes into making it. Factor in the fact that Kim buys exclusively from local farmers, and pays her staff fairly, and offers benefits and safety nets like health insurance, scholarships, and massage credits, and the price of her food (entrees range from $14–$24 per dish) feels correct.” -
As advocates push for fairer wages and work schedules, business owners in the FoodLab community are taking steps to improve working conditions, like ensuring restaurant workers earn a higher wage, creating more advancement opportunities and simplifying menus to lessen work for staff.

Seven restaurants in the FoodLab community, that identify as, have partnered with the national nonprofit to advocate for restaurant workers.

As Detroit restaurants continue to reopen,,,,,,, and, will participate in a job fair Detroit this Wednesday 6/9 amid their struggles with a shortage of qualified workers.

Explore open positions within these #HighRoadRestaurants and be the next to join the movement for a more community-driven industry!

RSVP 👉

While it remains to be seen whether large national hospitality companies will make moves to overhaul the industry, these locally-owned restaurants know that even as they struggle to get back on their feet, they're looking to transform the industry for the better. Indeed, they believe their relevance and very survival depend on it.
FoodLab would like to send a heartfelt congratulations to our friend, ally, and 2019 FoodLab Fellow,, for being named the first-ever Executive Director of the National Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation.
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Kiki will lead strategy for the national advocacy nonprofit that assists restaurant workers. She told: "RWCF does a lot of grant-making to really amazing nonprofits and their buckets really are around everything that resonates with me personally, including wage fairness, racial equality, gender equality, gender fairness, immigration reform, and all of these things that affect industry workers on a massive scale."
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Congratulations Kiki, and we can’t wait to partner with you & RWCF in the future.
Since the start of the pandemic, harassment, violence, and xenophobic rhetoric against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have increased. This is a difficult and frightening time for many members of the AAPI community. At FoodLab Detroit we stand in solidarity with Asian American Pacific Islander communities and we're proud to uplift the AAPI folks that are part of the FoodLab community.
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One of those people is Bekah Galang. Bekah Galang is the Retail Operations Director at, a bakery that has been producing artisan baked goods made with 100% organic flour in Detroit’s Cass Corridor since 1997. While Avalon is a well-established business that has been operating for over 20 years, Bekah has, over time, created a sweet spot for herself at the intersection of service, leadership, community, and food.
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Avalon’s values honoring earth, community, and employees stem from the legacy of James and Grace Lee Boggs, and are what drew Bekah to working at Avalon in the first place. Over the years, as the business expanded into numerous locations, different workplace cultures evolved at each. Together with the leadership team, Bekah has helped better define how Avalon’s values inform their everyday work.

Bekah is a powerful leader that proves the progress made when women of diverse backgrounds have a seat at the table. Bekah & other AAPI women are playing a core role in the fight for a more just and equitable food industry, and thanks to their leadership, we are making strides toward a better food future for every American.
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Click on the link in our bio and purchase our book, "A Seat At The Table" and read Bekah's stories & the stories of other women and how they're working to transform the food industry. THEY embody what we stand for. Women, catalyzing change!.
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The restaurant industry is at a turning point - the pandemic-related shutdowns proved just how fragile the restaurant ecosystem has always been & put a spotlight on the work needed to dismantle the inequities in the industry.
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What’s happened so far has been warp-speed evolution - chefs designed new business models, new service structures, and new ways to connect with diners - this is an evolution, not an revolution; what happens next will be more of a revolution if the industry’s going to enjoy better long-term health.
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In Detroit, Grace Lee Boggs taught us that revolution is about redefining our relationships with one another, to the Earth and to the world; about creating a new society in the places and spaces left vacant by the disintegration of the old, about hope, not despair; about finding the courage to love and care for the peoples of the world as we love and care for our own families.
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FoodLab Fellows like Chef Omar Anani, owner at are leading the revolution!.
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To learn more about Omar and our other spectacular fellows, who are using food to challenge old conventions, empower their communities, and make positive change. Click on the link in our bio & purchase our book, "Finding Our Voice" today!
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In public health today, many researchers say that your ZIP code is a stronger predictor of how long and well you’ll live than your genetic code. In some cities the life expectancy gaps from one ZIP code to another are as great as 25 years.
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At FoodLab, our mandate, catalyzing change, is aligned with clearly articulating the problems of food inequity and offering a prophetic vision of a good food future.
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As we recover from the unprecedented health, economic, social, and environmental crises, businesses will be looking to rebuild in a way that puts their people first and protects their communities and the environment. The example FoodLab fellows set in how they run their businesses is now more important than ever - in the future it’s more about the bigger themes, the bigger picture—everything that food is attached with will be on the plate - so we can build the political will to challenge conventions, empower communities and make positive change!
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Our Executive Director, sat down with, and discussed how we protect local food economies. If you haven’t already signed up for, click on the link in their bio and be sure to click YES to getting emails from their emails.
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Must be 21 to register!⁠
#Refire #ServingUpChange#Community #FoodApartheid ⁠#SixWeeksSixSpeakers

FoodLab's engagement

FoodLab's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.25%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 80 followers. An average post collects 95 likes and 3 comments, close to 32 likes for each comment.

Engagement rate

1.25%

Avg likes
95
Avg comments
3
Interactions : followers
1 : 80

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Who is FoodLab?

FoodLab (@foodlabdetroit) is a Non-Profits & Religious Organizations creator on Instagram, also filed under Spirituality & Religion. FoodLab is set up as an Instagram business account. FoodLab's Instagram bio is brief, at 2 words.

How many followers does FoodLab have?

FoodLab has 9,249 followers on Instagram (9.2K). FoodLab follows 2,042 accounts, so the audience is roughly 4.5 times the size of the list followed. FoodLab has built a substantial archive of 1,307 posts.

What is FoodLab's engagement rate?

FoodLab's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.25%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 80 followers. An average post collects 95 likes and 3 comments, close to 32 likes for each comment.

What does FoodLab post about on Instagram?

Flinque files FoodLab under Non-Profits & Religious Organizations, with Spirituality & Religion as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for FoodLab, 4 are carousels, 3 are single images and 3 are videos. The 9 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for FoodLab repeatedly use the words food, industry, restaurant, community and work. FoodLab's captions carry hashtags such as #whereartmeetscuisine, #rubellmuseum and #jonandvinnys. FoodLab writes those captions mainly in English. FoodLab keeps 1 story highlight, which open with a free Flinque account.

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