The grand prize winners of the 2019 Aleutian Marketplace Fellowship (AMF) Competition are sisters Haliehana Stepetin and Robin Stepetin of Akutan, Alaska with the family-owned and operated Peanut and the Bean Café. Their café will be unique to Akutan, an Unangax village and home to a large seafood production facility. The cafe will sell coffee, baked goods, art, and merchandise to fishermen, processing workers and local residents. As part of their fellowship year, Haliehana and Robin have attended the Kaladi Brothers Coffee Barista Training Academy and plan to attend the U.S. Small Business Administration workshop that focuses on Alaska Native / Native American small business development.
The sisters are pictured with competition sponsors. The AMF Video played at the APICDA Conference can be viewed by visiting the following link: https://youtu.be/dWOI-CTltX0