In this episode of Epic, listen to Jennie Coleman talk about Equifruit, the Canadian market leader in Fairtrade-certified bananas. Equifruit works with cooperatives in Peru, Ecuador and Mexico and helps guarantee a fair price and decent working conditions for their banana farmers. As an importer, Equifruit pays the Fairtrade minimum price as well as an additional premium for the producer to invest in business or community projects.

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Amy Hall talk about Goldilocks Wraps, a natural and eco-friendly alternative to plastic wraps. Not only are these wraps compostable, but they also keep food fresh for a longer duration and helps in reducing food waste. The team at Goldilocks is on a mission to eliminate single-use plastic and replace it with something convenient and beautiful.

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Sarah Marcus talk about eco+amour, a full-service refillery that provides personal and home care refilling solutions for its customers. Refilling is more impactful than recycling as it does not leave the carbon footprint that comes from recycling something. Sarah and her team at eco+amour are on their way to change the throwaway culture of home and personal care products.

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Ted Fleming talk about Partake Brewing, the leading craft non-alcoholic beer brand in North America. As a non-alcoholic craft beer brand, Partake focuses on flavor, health, socializing and inclusivity for people who choose not to drink alcohol due to any reason. Ted and his team are on a mission to transform the non-alcoholic beer category.

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Ryan Brown talk about Salient Energy, which is developing novel zinc-ion batteries as an alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries. For transitioning to clean electricity and electric vehicles, the world needs more batteries to store the energy and Salient Energy's Zinc-ion battery is cheaper, safer and longer-lasting as compared to the conventional Lithium-ion ones.

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Kazi Ahmed talk about Betterfrost Technologies, which is commercializing a novel deicing technology that increases the mileage of the electric vehicles and reduces the energy bills while making it easier for customers to remove snow and frost from their windscreens in winters.

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Nita Tandon talk about Dalcini Stainless, which provides safe, simple and sustainable food storage solutions. Apart from saving tons of plastic waste from ending up in landfills and oceans, Nita is also preventing consumers from consuming chemicals that leach out from the plastic to the food and cause health problems.

We discussed the following in this episode-

Waste generation by elementary school kids- 0:39​

How is Dalcini solving this problem?- 3:15​

Helping consumers reduce their chemical consumption- 6:30​

Raising awareness amongst consumers- 9:32​

The entrepreneurial journey- 13:31​

What lies ahead for Dalcini?- 17:43​

Dalcini's Website- https://dalcinistainless.com/​

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Jaeson, Kathi and Scott talk about CleanO2, which is helping reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions in the heating industry. CleanO2 is capturing the greenhouse gases emitted from the heating industry and is turning them into valuable, high margin, consumer and industrial products.

We discussed the following in this episode-

What problem is CleanO2 solving?- 00:39​

Manufacturing Soaps and Detergents- 2:39​

How did it all start?- 6:03​

The Challenges in the Journey- 10:10​

Support from the Community- 12:39​

Managing a Cleantech Business- 14:16​

What lies ahead for CleanO2?- 19:13​

CleanO2's Website- https://www.cleano2.ca/​

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Chris Jannsen talk about eLengo. Lengo in Swahili means goal and that speaks a lot about what the team is doing at eLengo. It empowers agripreneurs in East Africa to reach their full potential. It is building a digital community that will have quality discussion forums, practical education and marketplaces catered for high potential businesses in the agriculture and livestock sectors across East Africa.

We discussed the following in this episode-

How it all started?- 01:06​

Starting Textbooks for Change- 2:22​

What is eLengo?- 3:23​

Helping microentrepreneurs in East Africa- 7:16​

Balancing vision and execution- 11:43​

The motivation behind creating social enterprises- 12:40​

The biggest challenges- 16:05​

What lies ahead for eLengo?- 20:44​

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In this episode of Epic, listen to Neha Charnalia talk about SwitchGrocery, a marketplace for low-carb, grain-free, tasty products. Catered to diabetics and keto & paleo lifestylers in Canada, it also provides a platform to small and medium-sized vendors who struggle to keep with the demands of big retailers and find it hard to put their products on the shelves of supermarkets.

We discussed the following in this episode-

How did it all start?- 0:38​

Finding the right vendors for the marketplace- 5:29​

Building a community(or a family)- 8:59​

Making the planet a better place to live-12:09​

Advice for the new-age entrepreneurs-17:40​

The biggest challenges-22:42​

What lies ahead for SwitchGrocery?-27:16​

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