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  • The Ugly Truths Behind "Sustainable" Packaging

    The Ugly Truths Behind "Sustainable" Packaging

    There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to starting a food business. From sourcing ingredients to product development to distribution and sales. We’ve always tried to find sustainable options when possible, including using upcycled fruit. When it...

  • Melanie Ang is a Badass

    Melanie Ang is a Badass

    Melanie Ang is an avid hiker, backpacker, and marine biologist. She’s also the badass CEO and Founder of Off the Path Provisions, formerly Backcountry Wok, which offers healthy and delicious meals served up in sustainable packaging for people on the go....

  • Jill Van Gyn is a Badass

    Jill Van Gyn is a Badass

    Jill Van Gyn is the CEO and founder of the popular peanut butter company, Fatso. Her mission is to provide highly nutritious peanut butter that competes with specialty nut butter at a more affordable price. High in good fats and...

  • Julie-Ann Chapman is a Badass

    Julie-Ann Chapman is a Badass

    Whether on a snowboard, a snowmobile or a horse, Julie-Ann Chapman shreds. She’s the founder of She Shreds Mountain Adventures, which provides a safe and inclusive environment for self-identified women, and men, who want to get out into the backcountry and...

  • Miki Talebi is a Badass

    Miki Talebi is a Badass

    The Japanese word for plum blossom, oomé, conjures thoughts of new beginnings and Spring. For Miki Talebi, the founder behind one of BC's most exciting new food brands, it was a perfect name for her business as is encapsulated some of the...

  • Paulina Cameron is a Badass

    Paulina Cameron is a Badass

    Paulina Cameron is the CEO of The Forum, a Canadian-based charity that has supported over 10,000 self-identified women entrepreneurs since 2002. The Forum provides educational programs, mentorship, as well as connections to a wildly successful, supportive and energetic community. Paulina is...