JBF Awards 2011: Humanitarian of the Year: FareStart

Client: James Beard Foundation / Bowen and Company
Format: Short Form Event Video
Release: 2011 James Beard Awards
Duration: 3:14

FareStart provides a community that transforms lives by empowering homeless and disadvantaged men, women, and families to achieve self-sufficiency through life skills, job training and employment in the food service industry. The company was founded by David Lee, a chef and entrepreneur, who in 1988 recognized the need to provide Seattle’s disadvantaged and homeless populations with healthy and nutritious food. David first launched a for-profit business called Common Meals, and in 1992, after years of working out of small church kitchens, found a kitchen large enough to meet his needs and the needs of the growing homeless population. There, he began to train the very people he was serving, providing homeless individuals with the opportunity to work and to contribute to their own community and FareStart was born.

Executive Producer:
Katherine Linton

Editor:
Jillian Buckley

Director of Photography:
Vincent Venturella

Post-Production Supervisor:
Jorge Garcia-Spitz