LET'S WORK TOGETHER I'm the only local food development specialist you need on your team. I'm a subject matter expert and I care about your Farm to Table community. ANGELA JANUS Principal

Grant Writer | Local Food Promotion Program

Promoting Coachella Valley's Local Food System

Grant Recipient and Program Management

Grant Recipient | Technical Assistance Program

ShareKitchen Food Innovation Center 

From Prototypical Design to Phase 1 Development

Program | Cocineros Cottage Food Accelerator

Design & Program | Mercado Open Air Marketplace

Consultant | Food Truck Park

CV FRESH - Local food branding campaign

Identifying local food producers and growers

Connecting businesses and consumers

Facilitated knowledge transfer and technical assistance from Rutgers University Food Innovation Center to University of California Riverside 

Enriching a Walkable Community Plan

Proposed Food Hall | Design and Program

Full Service Food Vendors

Integrated Local Food Marketplace

Proposal | Rebuild and Refresh Existing AG TRAIL

Survey existing framework and resources

Engage eligible Agribusinesses and enroll

Coordinate comprehensive marketing plan

Development and management of program 

Proposal | Connecting local agricultural centers for a sustainable regional supply chain. 

Founder | Executive Director for 501(c)3

Secure City Owned Building and Remodel for Use

Implement and Manage Incubator Program

Attract Opportunities for Program Participants

Leadership | Founders Table

Representing Coachella Valley's Food System

Highly Competitive Regional Pitch for OCIESBDC

Program funds to develop food business trainings

SBDC EATS - Industry Specific Program Model

Prototypical | Virtual Marketplace Development 

Scale Appropriate Supply Chain Management

Last Mile Logistics Coordination

Comprehensive feasibility study of the current agricultural and entrepreneurship climates in Riverside County with Lou Cooperhouse of Food Spectrum, Founder of Rutgers University FIC

Grant participant with UC Riverside for Federal Manufacturing Designation for County of Riverside. Fulfilling requirement for regional food industry incubator and support for regional value-added juicing facility to reduce on-farm food waste and landfill diversion to reduce carbon emissions. 

Shared-use Kitchen for Microentrepreneurs

Production equipment for scaling businesses

Category 5 Commissary for food trucks

Food Hub for aggregation and distribution

State Legislation | Community Organizer

Consultant to Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia

RivCo Board of Supervisors Presentation

Advocacy | Hospitality and Agriculture Resources

Recognition as regional key target industries. 

Advocacy | California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development

Sister Cities Signing with Mexicali

Representing Local Food and Agriculture

Local Legislation | Community Organizer

Consultant to Supervisor Kevin Jeffries

Overturn Ord. 580 Ban on Food Trucks

RivCo Board of Supervisors Presentation

Consultant | Permit Policies and Procedures

Best Practices for Shared-use Kitchens

Consultant | New Food Truck Ordinance

City Council Presentation

Consultant | Revision Cottage Food Ordinance

Economic Development | Planning Departments

City Council Presentation

Speaker | Living Green Lecture Series

Economic and environmental impacts of living local.

Venture, Social and Publicly Funded Programs

Speaker | Kitchen Incubators and Accelerators

Panelist | Future Food Co Accelerator & World Bank

Kitchen Incubators and Accelerators

Speaker and Panelist

Rancho Mirage High School Advisory Board

Featured Mentor | Work-based Learning

Speaker | Leadership Riverside at City of Riverside

Community impact of shared-use kitchens.

City of Riverside Start-up Week

Speaker and Instructor | Cottage Food Business

Speaker | Latino Farmers Conference

Bilingual Presentation | FSMA

Small Farm Safety Plan Compliance

Presentation | Cottage Food Operations

Connecting Local Growers with Local Producers

Food Business School Executive Programs

Building Sustainable Food Supply Chains

Rapid Innovation of Consumer Packaged Goods

Kitchen Incubator & Accelerator Management

Establishing Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

Guiding Companies: Leveraging Resources 

Finance | Operations for Sustainable Programs

Design of Facilities that Serve Entrepreneurs

Interior Design A.A. | Specialized Food Facilities

Retail and Product Development

Strengthening the Food Safety System. CDC

FDA FSMA | Grower Compliant

Food & Beverage Entrepreneurship B.S.

Food Systems Development Finance

Bonds, Tax Credits, TIFs, Innovation, Infrastructure

Sommelier Professionista | Rome Italy

Versed in Old World Viticultural Techniques

Hotel & Restaurant Management A.A.

Culinary Arts | Student Charity Works

Certified TRUE Advisor

Specialized Food Facilities | Food Waste

LDEI is a world-wide philanthropic scholarship organization of executive women of high achievement in the hospitality and culinary arts. 

Planning Committee | Multi-stakeholder initiative to cultivate food and agricultural activities, stimulate economic development and advance public policy in the City of Riverside. 

Task Force | Hospitality Workforce Training

Member Eastern Regional Committee

Representing Hospitality and Agriculture

Planning Committee ERC WDB Events

National Community Service for the Inland Empire

Cathedral City Rotary | PSUSD Health Fair

Interactive Planting Booth 

Sponsored by North Shore Living Herbs

Riverside County Office of Economic Development for Coachella Valley SBDC | Start-up Consultant

Small Food Business & Local Interests

Converse Shoes Lounge | Coachella Music Festival

Sunnylands Retreat Rancho Mirage| Local Food Fair

GloRun 5K for PSUSD and Rotary Health Fair 

ShareKitchen | Shared-use Kitchen Incubator

City of Cathedral City | Building Sponsor

Allied Member ASID | Los Angeles Chapter

American Society of Interior Designers

City of Coachella - COVID 19 Business Support 

Consultant | Economic Development Department

Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship

Coachella Chamber of Commerce

The Leonela Torres Award

Appointed | Supervisor John J. Benoit

Riverside County 4th District

Small Business Development Center

Cathedral City Chamber | Orion Awards

Assemblymember V. Manuel Perez

Majority Floor Leader District 56

RivCo Department of Environmental Health

Exceptional Food Facility Management

Orange County Inland Empire Network

Avid hiker, camper and lover of nature.

Social sailor and aspiring tennis pro.

If music be the food of love, play on. Shakespeare

I like mega scale building and inventing things.

Because staying home is cool again. 

Adventure is my middle name!

The first thing you have to know is yourself. Smith

And I also enjoy cooking shows and sandwiches.