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Meaningful Marketplace Podcast#159 Don't be Scared - Nafy Flatley, TerangaBack in May, 2020, we interviewed Nafy Flatley founder of Teranga Foods; the show was released in July, 2020. In this episode, Sarah Masoni talks with Nafy to see what’s changed in her business since then. As a refresher, Teranga literally means hospitality in Wolof, the Senegalese national language. It is the spirit of camaraderie and acceptance of one another. Nafy’s favorite childhood memory is of her grandmother using baobab fruit to make refreshing, invigorating and nutritious beverages. She and her mother continued the tradition after her passing and when the family moved to the US Nafy wanted to brin...2023-09-2748 min
Immigrant Entrepreneurs61: Nafy Flatley quits her corporate career to become a chef that features foods from SenegalImmigrant Entrepreneur: Nafy Flatley Nafy was born with a talent to cook and she was so natural with it. At 8 years old she could whip out a full blown meal and she found her happiness creating healthy meals. She came to the United States because it was her American dream. She pursued higher education and graduated from University of San Francisco majoring in Marketing and International Business. She went on by working in the marketing field and was really good at it. But when she had 2 kids at home she realized that working full time a...2021-04-1846 min
Meaningful Marketplace Podcast#44 Superfoods from a Super Founder - Nafy Flatley, TerangaIt's about hospitality. Literally. The Senegalese word Teranga means hospitality and Nafy Flately imbues the word in her products. All the juices and snacks, super foods all, come from a variety of ingredients, but mainly from the Baobab tree, which is considered the "tree of life" for all the incredible levels of nutritious ingredients it offers. In Senegal, baobab is a natural remedy for many ailments. It has more Vitamin C than oranges, more magnesium than kale, more potassium than bananas, more calcium than milk and is high in soluble fiber. Whew! In fact, one of the bottles of...2020-07-0851 min
Molé Mama Cooking With LoveTeranga - Nafy FlatleyJuice, healthy snacks, and genuine hospitality! Nafy shares her inspiring entrepreneurial journey; how she became the owner of a beverage and food company whose mission is to create refreshing and healthy drinks and snacks handcrafted in small batches using Baobab Fruit and other unique ingredients from around the world. She's also a featured chef in La Cocina's new cookbook.2020-01-2032 min
Salt & SpineHow the La Cocina incubator has bolstered women- and immigrant-led food businessesThis week, we’re excited to welcome some of the stars of the WE ARE LA COCINA cookbook and the—Leticia Landa, Nite Yun, and Nafy Flatley—to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks.Tune in to hear this live podcast recording in front of an audience at The Civic Kitchen in San Francisco, which was recorded during our annual cookie swap.Leticia Landa is the deputy director of La Cocina, the San Francisco-based kitchen incubator that helps enable food entrepreneurs, particularly immigrant women and women and color. She joined the organization in 2008, as its...2019-12-1744 min
Lettuce WrapI Used to Dance Around Those Trees, with Nafy Flatley of Teranga JuiceThe baobab tree looms large in the life of Nafy Flatley. Its fruit juice nourished her when she was young, and powers her Teranga Juice business today. We discuss the origins of Nafy’s business and learn a lot about the “tree of life”, including its health benefits. Can the juice of the baobab fruit help you be stronger, fall in love, or attain happiness? Listen and find out! (Recorded October, 2018.)
Links and Show Notes
La Cocina (https://lacocinasf.org)—“a nonprofit working to solve problems of equity in business ownership for women, immigrants and people of color.”
“Teranga” is a Senegalese (ht...2019-04-1300 min