CEO and CMO of Five Strands, Austin Collins talks about taking career left turns, seeking better ways to help customers feel healthier. Austin, friend of Tazz Latifi, former college athlete and perpetual seeker of healthier ways to live talks about how to take back control of your health & wellness, and providing personalized results to live a healthier lifestyle.

Find Austin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-collins-b087a2160/

Check out 5Strands here: https://www.5strands.com/

BONUS: Austin has a youtube channel that talks about Bus / Vanlife. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/AwakenDaze

Alicia and Jeff Lahey talk about their journeys - from moving to natural and organic and searching and finding sustainable packaging, their knack for unbelievable timing - to producing a wonderful chip in a bag was compostable. Oh...and they're in every major grocery in Canada already.

Find Alicia here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-lahey-3019b954/

Find Jeff here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laheyjeff/

Shop for Humble Snacks here: https://humblechips.ca/

A friend of Angie Baker comes on the show. Justin Osborne, Vice President of Sales at Eat & Beyond Global Holdings Inc. dishes on moving from CPG to the natural space.  We talk to Justin about working for a publicly traded company that invests, owns and grows amazing natural brands.

Find Justin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-osborne-mba-21012821/

Find out more about Eat & Beyond Global Holdings here: https://eatandbeyond.com/

Chef Dennis  comes on to talk about how he got started, and what it takes to grow an audience. We get a chance to walk through Chef Dennis' kitchens, and he talks about the origins of his blog, and how to grow the audience to what it is today. 

Check out Chef Dennis on his page: https://www.askchefdennis.com/

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Find him here on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askchefdennis/

The cannabis industry has been a hot topic for awhile. Michele Rebiere talks about the opportunities and challenges, and the knuckleheads wander in with some OTC frustrations and hopes and dreams for this category. #michelerebiereforprimeminister

If you're wondering what it takes sometimes to break into a new regulated industry, this episode is for you.

Find Michele here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michele-rebiere-7252764/

Find Pacific Brands here: https://pacificrimbrands.ca/

She survived Kenny's basement from the old days and didn't go blind from his homemade wine. COO of BC Food & Beverage Alisa Hutton talks about the learning journey and helping people and how that brought her to where she is now. 

Find Alisa here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisa-hutton-907824155/

Find BC Food & Beverage here: https://bcfb.ca/

We catch up with Jerin Mece (pronounced Meh-che) while he's on vacation. 

Jerin's a serial entrepreneur that has gone from building a brand from scratch to now helping brands build healthy, prosperous businesses.

Find Jerin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerinmece/

A trainer, mom, marketer, now Sales & Marketing leader, Chelan Wilkins talks about learning, reinvention and embracing new challenges.

Find Chelan here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelan-wilkins-rhn-cse-934a30129/

Check out Herbaland here: https://www.herbaland.com/

Would you rather be right than rich? Tazz talks about providing the opportunity for retailers to get out of their own way. Ex-retailer Tazz Latifi is one of our favorite people and she comes on to talk about now sharing her experience with other retailers and helping them find profitability. 

Find Tazz here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tazzlatifi/

Three Farmers, Two Sisters, One Vision. CEO Natasha Vandenhurk talks beans, peas and lentils oh my! The vision that turned 3 Saskatchewan farms into something amazing. Their goal now? Make amazing snacks, and put Saskatchewan on the map as a destination for beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas.

Shop here: https://threefarmers.ca/

Find Natasha here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-vandenhurk-61a89b26/

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