Beard Foundation unveils grants for BIPOC restaurateurs

The James Beard Foundation has announced the open application period for the Food and Beverage Investment Fund for Black and Indigenous Americans, an initiative that will award $15,000 in grants to 18 restaurateurs. “Black and Indigenous people often have portions of their cuisines and cultures appropriated, their hand in creating major American food and beverage items and dishes erased, and their images exploited and racialized to the benefit of their white counterparts,” the Foundation said in a statement, adding that it recognizes this and seeks “to highlight the merits and contributions of Black and Indigenous people.”