This Commerce Life

John Danyluk and Michael Rende  from Earth's Own come on to talk milks - oat, almond and we get a bit of masterclass in how to look at category analytics and how they look at strategy. John Danyluk - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-danyluk-7194405b/Michael Rende - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelrende/Check out Earth's Own here: https://earthsown.com/

We spend some time with Hope Aylen. We learn a few things and see how a designer sees the process of designing our hopes and dreams in packaging and labels.  To find Hope https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-aylen-designfulhope/check out her services here: https://www.designfulhope.com/ 

We brought her back to talk about her! Cheryl Grant, the founder of Vitality comes on to talk about her journey. Last time she was on, she spent a lot of time talking about Save our Supplements. We wanted to make sure we got a chance to talk to Cheryl about Cheryl. We're glad we did. We talk about work life balance, taking time for oneself, and what it takes to "unplug" To find Cheryl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylgrant25/ Shop Vitality here: https://www.vitality.ca/  

Former broadcaster Patrice Mousseau started making eczema lotion, and now she's moving into helping other businesses.  Find Patrice here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrice-mousseau-1109791a/ Shop Satya here: https://satya.ca/  

Tamara Wensley sent us the best pork rinds we'd ever had. The founder of Primal Sisters talks about how a vegetarian nutritionist got into pork rinds.  Find Tamara here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-wensley-96a445209/?originalSubdomain=ca You can shop for her amazing pork rinds here: https://www.primalsisters.com/  

They got voted off the island...literally. Salt Spring Island Founder Mickey McLeod comes on to talk about their origin story, regenerative farming, organic, fair trade standards.  check out Salt Spring Island coffee here: https://www.saltspringcoffee.com/you can find Mickey on linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickey-mcleod-8829598/ Mickey talks about Regenerative Organic Alliance https://regenorganic.org/Will Harris' book that Mickey refers to, is called 'A Bold Return to Giving a Damn: One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food'  https://www.amazon.ca/Bold-Return-Giving-Damn-Generations-ebook/dp/B0BS2TYFTW

He likes to break down silos and move between things.  Michael Mikulak, Executive Director of Food and Beverage Manitoba comes on to talk about his winding path to helping food processors and brands today in Manitoba.  Find Michael here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mikulak-5057b531/Check out Manitoba Food and Beverage here: https://foodbeveragemb.ca/ find out more about Cultivate here: https://members.foodbeveragemb.ca/eventscalendar/Details/cultivate-sustainability-conference-and-trade-show-945577?sourceTypeId=Website

She's done a fast thought with us, but we finally got a chance to hang out for real with her.  This started with a journey to switch the family to vegan, and she realized how hard it was to get healthy, tasty and relatively to make. check out Yumasoy here: https://yumasoy.com/ Find Gina here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gina-arsens-cpa-ca-cbv-05533312/

Cedar Valley founder Ameen Fadel talks about how he got started at 16 and how he and his family have built a national business Find Ameen here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameen-fadel-48175514b/Shop Cedar Valley here: 

A colouring cookie kit. Who knew? Chris Goodrow and his wife, Kristy, that's who.  They began baking out of a licensed kitchen in their basement part-time and frantically juggling 3 small children, a travel work schedule and growing demand. Today, they're pioneering a whole new category, and pushing the borders on decorating kits. check out https://bysweetness.com/Find Chris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgoodrow/