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Each purchase supports meaningful employment and learning opportunities for DFA high school students and alumni. Delight your family, friends, and colleagues with gourmet treats that support meaningful employment and professional development for Detroit's future leaders.

Read on for more information about Small Batch Detroit’s Workforce Development program.

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Small Batch Detroit is an employment and training program for alumni of DFA’s afterschool programming. Through career exposure, paid work experiences, and development opportunities, our alumni are confident, connected, and prepared for their next personal and professional steps.

Where to find our products…

Detroit Local Businesses

FOLK Detroit

Mudgie’s

Brooklyn Street Local

Detroit Institute Bagels

Eastern Market (Saturday Market)

Good Cakes and Bakes (both locations)

Give Thanks Bakery (both locations)

Seasons Market

The Commons

Neighborhood Grocery

Detroit Athletic Club

The El Moore Lodge

City Bird

Meijer Rivertown Market

Metro Detroit Businesses

Whole Foods (Detroit, Lansing, Birmingham, Grand Rapids, West Bloomfield, Rochester, Ann Arbor)

Argus Farm Stop (both locations)

Henry Ford Village

Sprout House Natural Market

Drifter Coffee Shop

Workforce Development

Small Batch Detroit offers career development, training, certifications, employment, business incubation, and mentorship to youth preparing for a career in food. Young adults are employed at our three in-house brands: Slow Jams jam, Mitten Bites granola bars, and Detroit Pop Shop. Small Batch is the final workforce development arm of DFA’s learning pathway. We proudly provide hands-on, competitively paid work experiences in production, sales and new product development. 

Small Batch critically reflects on what good (meaning equitable, fulfilling, supportive, and sustainable) work can look like in Detroit’s food system.

Small Batch is a safe, non-punitive space to make mistakes and learn first-job skills. Supervisors and youth alike are proactive in naming what success in the workplace looks like. Youth employees receive regular mentorship and individual check-ins with caring adults to set goals and achieve them.

Through amplifying youth voice, our programs offer real world situations for students to be creative and prototype their products in real markets for real audiences. In a supportive environment, our young people gain the confidence needed to embark on their own business ventures and practice the lifelong skills of leadership, creativity, confidence, and entrepreneurship.