Episode 2 of the Trade Roots podcast is here, and it's a spicy one! 🌶️

This month's theme on the podcast is sauces, and we had the pleasure of interviewing Stacy Moritz, the owner of Secret Aardvark Trading Company, and Erick Garman, a trade development manager from the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Stacy shared the history of Secret Aardvark and talked about the export challenges and opportunities she's seeing from the perspective of a sauce brand. Erick, who has helped several sauce companies grow their export sales, discussed key steps to take to ensure success as a company expands their business to new markets.

If you're looking for the secret sauce on growing a small business, getting export-ready, and selecting unique flavors to make your products pop, give this episode a listen!

Learn more about Secret Aardvark and the Oregon Department of Agriculture here:

Welcome to the Secret Aardvark Hot Sauce Website

ODA : Welcome Page : State of Oregon