Anastasia Avvakumova/Cortes Currents -The selection of products Thaddeus Conrad carries at his table reflects his eclectic interests, knowledge base and travels.

He makes some of his own herbal medicines, such as tinctures and topicals. “I import organic arnica butter from India and I make a tiger balm,” he said.

He also has an exclusive collaboration with Becca’s Beans on Cortes to roast and carry single-origin coffee beans from the Chiapas region in Mexico, where he spent some of his childhood. “It’s very low anxiety and low burnout,” says Conrad.

His other products include visionary art from Peru, Peruvian superfoods and snacks, incense, perfume, and a range of Ebesse Zozo hot sauce from Nelson, BC.

Conrad also very much enjoys the opportunity to interact with people at the weekly markets. “If it's not commercially busy, I'm still happy because it's an opportunity to meet and socialize. It is a really incredible community of artists and creationists and lots of healing arts.”