Interview about UNPACKED by Aly Coy
1) What made you want to write UNPACKED? When I was backpacking around Western Europe, I felt alone in the experience and felt the need...
Clapham’s Believe Business is an Extension of Daily Life
This episode of Make it Bake it Grow it features Anne and Roger Clapham from Clapham’s Beeswax. Beekeepers since 1971, Anne and Roger...
Excerpt From Unpacked
*Trigger warning the below goes in detail of my abortion story.* Two months later I sat in grade twelve English class and tried not to...
How to Survive a Storm Without Electricity
This winter Salt Spring was hit with two major storms that left folks without power or water, an incredible amount of fallen trees in...
Surviving an Outdoor Winter Market
1. Try to avoid them if possible. If the majority of the market is indoors and they've stuck you on the path on the way out, customers...
From Palm Oil to Shea Butter
As a small business owner I feel great responsibility to put out quality products. I need to stand 100% behind my soaps and salves or all...
Taking 'Savage' out of Savage Daughter
Hey Suds Lovers, Change is in the air. A couple times now it has come up that using the term 'savage' in my business name is problematic...
Interview with Saturday Market Vendor Claire Ryder aka "Kale Chip Claire"
"I nurture the kale and the kale nurtures me." Business name: High Vibe Foods Describe your business: Mostly kale chips, kale chips and...
learning the value of time
Going into the fourth year of business I've finally realized that my time has value. When pricing cost of goods, planning my season of...
