Small Businesses:
An Overlooked Solution

NOURISH empowers people to build small businesses that make fresh food widely available, affordable, and convenient for all.

THE PROBLEM

24 million Americans live in food deserts" where ultraprocessed foods are abundant and fresh food is scarce, giving rise to large health disparities in diabetes and related cardiometabolic diseases.

THE SOLUTION

NOURISH app provides current and future small business owners with access to:

• Chat-based interface available in multiple languages
• Loan and grant information
• Online maps that optimize the placement of fresh food outlets for foot traffic
• Help with navigating the convoluted business permitting process
• AI-enabled guidance on affordable ways to locally source fresh ingredients

COMPLEMENTING FEDERAL PROGRAMS

NOURISH supports the establishment of small food businesses, complementing federal programs that promote food access in food deserts.