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Joanne Toupin and Beau Burton opened Sleepy Owl Bread on Wall Street in 2013, with baked goods that highlight flavours of local ingredients, from prairie berry Danish pastries to round rustic loaves of whole wheat sourdough miche.

In its third year, the Forthwith Festival celebrates creativity and improvisation through visual installations, music, performance and food.

In the two years since opening Next Level Escapes with his wife and co-owner, Meghan Pesclovitch, Daniel Gravenor has taken a generic storefront in a suburban strip mall and created a place where problem-solving and imagination take hold.

Q: Why did Giorgo Mantas and Rob Bohay open Verde Juice Bar?
A: Because they couldn’t concentrate.

City Bread’s beginnings date back to 1948. Today the bakery is owned by Harvey Goldman. His father, the late Max Goldman bought the business in the 1970s from the Perlmutter family.

After Bernie Whetter left his management position at Wheat City Seeds in 2005, he found himself at a crossroads. Not knowing how to proceed, Whetter asked himself, “What do I like doing?”