2019 Social Enterprise Cohort

Our 2019 Cohort focused on developing and improving food systems across Dallas and around the world.

Break Bread, Break Borders
​Jin-Ya Huang, founder

 Break Bread, Break Borders is catering with a cause: empowering refugee women to earn a living through their existing cooking skills while they share their incredible stories with the community.​

Janta Energy
​Mohammed Njie, Founder

Janta is determined to significantly improve access to energy in The Gambia, where most rural citizens and institutions like schools have no electric power. One of Janta's key energy sources is agricultural waste, because farming is a primary economic activity in The Gambia.
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Restorative Farms
Dr. Owen Lynch, founder

Restorative Farms wants to grow a better Dallas.  Their mission is to foster a vibrant and viable community-based urban farm system — an agrisystem — in one of the country’s largest food deserts: South Dallas, Texas.

Garden of the World
Kunthear Mam-Douglas, Founder

Garden of the World aims to bring the connection between nature and mental health to light through a mindful world garden that promotes sustainable food systems in Dallas. 

In the News

Break Bread, Break Borders

​​Dallas Observer:
(Cover Story) Bread Without Borders
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Jin-Ya Huang

​​Presidential Leadership Scholars:
2020 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars Announced
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Restorative Farms

​​Dallas Morning News:
Urban farm sprouts on unused DART property beside South Dallas station

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