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No product makes it onto the shelf of Wal-Mart unless it appeals to enough people for it to make the retailer money. Go to most local independent businesses and you’ll see that they’re creating something for someone specific – their smallest viable market.

Coffee is personal. We know what we like, but it’s nice to be able to try
something new, too.

Thinking about the impact of her business on the environment and doing something about it has been part of her business since Constance Menzies opened her shop in 2007 as the first cacao bean to chocolate bar maker in Manitoba.

For Cheryl Zealand, inspiration arrived in a pot of cold oatmeal. At the time, her twins were 2 and her older child was 7 years old. With the children’s needs pressing, the oatmeal she’d made earlier in the day had been forgotten.

New Year’s resolutions are no longer just about personal fulfillment and health. People are resolving to do their part to help our beleaguered planet too.

A health scare provided an unanticipated and unconventional path to entrepreneurship for Generation Green owner Sherry Sobey.