DENVER — In Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood, Sfolglina is making hundreds of pounds of pasta every week.

Owner and operator Jesse Albertini, a chef who started the business in 2020, said she tries to use as many local ingredients as possible.

“It was really about the grains and just highlighting local Colorado flour that really got me started,” she told Denver7 Thursday. “We do a lot of fresh and dry pasta wholesale for restaurants and for farmers' markets. And we do grab-and-go meal kits here at the shop and at farmers' markets as well.” Jesse Albertini

With the federal government shut down and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits set to run out of funding this weekend, thousands of Coloradans are about to lose a crucial food lifeline.

Now, Albertini is steppin

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