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“From a young age, Mayumi Hattori’s family impressed upon her the importance of eating ethically and joyfully. Her mother hailed from Spain and her father from Japan, making her a first-generation American.

“If you think about both cultures, meals and seasonality are really important,” said Hattori, an island chef and the co-founder of the local grocer Pip & Anchor on Amelia Drive. “Since both of my parents were immigrants here, those values were not diluted in my household….

Thus, she and former Select Board member Rita Higgins [teamed up on Higgins’ 100 Mile Makers], motivated by this desire to connect small local farmers with people on-island who wanted access to high-quality, locally grown goods. In 2020, 100 Mile Makers shifted from a pop-up to a weekly CSA where customers could order online from a menu of produce and pantry items sourced from within 100 miles of the island, to be picked up the following Friday from Born and Bread Bakery. In 2021, Chris Sleeper, a veteran restaurant manager on Nantucket, joined the team and the trio was able to strike a deal with ReMain Nantucket, which purchased Annye’s Whole Foods on Amelia Drive that year, to give 100 Mile Makers a brick-and-mortar location. After a year of renovations, they opened Pip & Anchor, a grocery store that operates with the same ethic: Where food comes from is important, and the people who harvest or prepare it should be paid fairly and treated humanely.” - Nantucket Current