When Junita Flowers was at her lowest, baking cookies became an escape. She turned that feeling into a social enterprise business. “Junita’s Jar is so much more than a delicious bag of cookies,” ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — In a University of Minnesota classroom, Junita Flowers takes out three different kinds of cookies. "Food tends to be that tool that for hundreds and hundreds of years has been ...

But she had built a following with some corporate event planners in the metro area, who ordered Junita's Jar cookies for business meetings and lunches. Flowers also found customers at what she called ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Favorable Treats is about more than just cookies; it's about a business woman with passion and a dream. Junita Flowers wants you to feel the love in every batch. Her journey to a ...

Junita Flowers' entrepreneurial passion for "cookies and conversation'' events grew out of her yearslong struggle to escape an abusive marriage and establish an enterprise focused on reducing shame ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The grant money will not only save her business, but allow ...