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Lancaster Cast Iron

Posted by Sophia Whiteman 
· Thursday, October 21st, 2021 
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Lancaster Cast Iron is a Pennsylvania based company that produces skillets, cutting boards, wooden utensils, and other accessories for the pans.  Everything that they sell is made in the United States and strives for quality and perfection.  This company was actually started by two Grove City graduates which makes the whole company better in my opinion.  Mark Longenecker and Brandon Moore started this company in 2018 and it has grown ever since.  These pans are very high quality and the company clearly put a lot of time and thought into the design and production of them.

This company is especially inspirational and interesting since they are both Grove City graduates, fairly young ones at that.  You would not immediately think of cast iron pans when you think of something that you could innovate.  Cast iron pans have basically stayed the same forever.  I think it is very interesting how Mark and Brandon saw issues with the basic cast iron pans and decided to improve them.  The co-founders seem very motivated by slowing down to embrace the little parts of life and getting the little details perfect.  My grandparents have some of their pans and utensils and love them.  Not only did they like the first few items the purchased, but they were repeat customers with not complaints.

https://lancastercastiron.com/

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Categories : Baking, Cooking, Food, Household Goods, Nutrition, Restaurants, USA

Bringing the Beauty of Nature into Your Home-Dustin Anthony

Posted by methenyem21 
· Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 
· 3 Comments

Who doesn’t love having beautiful plants and flowers to liven up your home? What if it didn’t just flow with your décor, it became it? Dustin Anthony with his company BloomingTables aims “To bring the beauty of the outdoors – indoors.” These furniture pieces are beautifully crafted to show off a planter full of life underneath  that can be used as a functional coffee table, desk, or a beautiful decoration. The design is very simple and easy to use so that even people who don’t have a lot of plant experience will love having this in their home.

What started as a gift to Dustin’s girlfriend soon became a Kickstarter campaign and is now a full business in San Diego. However, things were not very easy for Dustin in running his business. After he made $40,000 dollars on Kickstarter in 2019, the pandemic hit. This resulted in the supply chain that Dustin was a part of becoming crippled. Although this was a set-back for the company, they were pleasantly surprised when business began to boom as people were spending so much more time inside and wanted to bring more life and beauty into their homes. 

I think this is a really creative idea as it is a décor piece that people can interact with. Right on their website, BloomingTables describes themselves as being “…an innovative option to incorporate their favorite botanical scenes into their homes. This living furniture line combines beauty and functionality, in a sleek and modern way.”, and I couldn’t agree more. On the website they also go into detail about the several benefits that this table can offer. Beyond growing decorative plants, you can grow microgreens that are super nutritious and can be added to several different foods. They also discuss the additions and features that they are working on for future launches.

I really love this idea and this company for many reasons. This idea to me is truly innovative and can be used in so many different ways. Besides having it as a decoration in a home, this would be an amazing tool in classrooms and teaching kids (or adults) more about growing your own food! I really appreciate the thoughtfulness that went into the design of the table, the customization that you can have with it, and the fact that the company is still working on the product and innovating it further.

Sources

How It Works – BloomingTables

The Most Beautiful Table You Can Put in your Home or Office. by Dustin Anthony — Kickstarter

This Furniture Line Focuses on ‘Blooming Tables’, and Is the First That Incorporates Plants Right Into the Design (msn.com)

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Categories : Air Quality, Cooking, Decor, Design, Outdoors
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Jam Boy

Posted by kirkse21 
· Friday, October 1st, 2021 
· 5 Comments

Fraser Doherty:

At age 14 Fraser Doherty started his business by making jam with his grandma’s jam recipe with her in Scotland. He made a twist on jam. Most jams are made with artificial flavor and other bad ingredients, so he wanted to make jam 100% out of fresh fruit. He named His product SuperJam. At age 16, he took his product of jams to big supply stores, and he pitched his product to them for them to sell his product in their stores. He is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the UK. This website provides Fraser’s story, and the blog says, “Fraser has been commended by the Prime Minister at Downing Street, by HRH Prince Charles and was recently awarded a medal (MBE) “for services to business” by The Queen.” https://www.fraserdoherty.com/pages/about-usHe has also written a book called, “SuperBusiness” and “48 Hour Startup”, and it is published in multiple counties. Additionally, he is the Co-founder of “Beer52”. This man is a success, and he is creative and diverse in his focuses. He has created Jam, written books, and co-founded a beer company. On top of all of this, his company provides funds to charitable initiatives. For example, they run over 100 tea parties for people who are elderly.  The Scottish charity called The SuperJam Tea Parties is run by Mr. Doherty. We can learn from Mr. Doherty’s innovative spirit and creative drive. 

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Categories : Charity, Cooking, Food, Handmade, Health

Sprout and Lentil: The business which expanded during the pandemic  

Posted by warburgle21 
· Monday, September 27th, 2021 
· 1 Comment

        Sprout and Lentil is the only mom-and-pop vegan cafe on Aquidneck Island. Founded in 2019 by the husband and wife team of Carmen Foy and Matt Sole, Sprout and Lentil has grown from being a booth at a farmers’ market to having its own independent retail business located in the center of Middletown, RI. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Foy – who was born in Spain – trained at the Cordon Bleu in France and then worked for twelve years as a chef aboard yachts. 

     Foy and Sole have stayed true to their business mantra of “Food with a Mission” by serving only plant-based foods. For instance, Foy ordered granola and then returned it to the producer it contained honey. She and her husband are dedicated to a purely vegan business. Additionally, the owners have created a special niche serving their community for people who are vegan, vegetarians, and kosher. Foy and Sole know their target customers very well and have seen that there is a high demand for quality vegan products. Some may ask, “Who would ever want to pay for a $16 burger?” or “Why isn’t the 50 cent spicy ketchup included with my fries?” Without doubt, the prices are high and sauces are not included with fries, burgers, nor cauliflower nuggets. A gourmet truffle oil dressing retails for eleven dollars. Perhaps it is hard to believe here in western Pennsylvania, but their local customers – hard core vegan regulars, and tourists – do buy and enjoy the expensive truffle oil dressing as well as the $16 burgers. The customers believe that the high prices are worth the money for what they receive. Foy and Sole have created a demand for specialty vegan food.

Please take a look at Sprout and Lentil’s website:

http://sproutandlentil.com/

 

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Categories : Business, Business::Entrepreneurs, Business::Sales, Cooking, Enviornmental, Food, Health, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Restaurants, Sustainable, vegan speciality food
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Omari McQueen: the 12 year old author, chef, and CEO

Posted by hallerer20 
· Monday, September 20th, 2021 
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12-year-old award-winning Omari McQueen is making history and inspiring millions with his thriving vegan food brand, Dipalicious.

After his mother became sick, Omari McQueen, at the young age of 7, began cooking for his family. This was the beginning of a passion and love for cooking. One year later, McQueen, at age 8, went vegan after learning how animals were treated for food and clothing. He found that veganism could help his mother and began to cook vegan recipes for her. McQueen’s passion of vegan food soon led to the start of his YouTube channel, Omari Goes Wild, in 2017 where he posted vegan cooking videos. This same year, he founded Dipalicious, a food brand that offers vegan Caribbean fare. His main purpose with the company was to create great tasting food without putting animals in danger. McQueen says, “The thing that inspired my recipes is bringing people together with good food without harming animals”

Omari McQueen’s dedication to his craft did not end there. In the summer of 2017, Boxpark’s CEO Roger Wade invited and financial supported the young entrepreneur to host a weeklong pop-up at Boxparks’ Croyden location. McQueen also went on to write his very own vegan cookbook, Omari McQueen’s Best Bites Cookbook– another “dream come true” for the young chef. “I’ve achieved a goal as I’ve got dyslexia I found it hard spelling stuff out and reading things,” he says. “But I wrote the whole thing and got it done and I’m so proud of myself. I’m bringing people together with good food without harming animals with that book, with easy-to-make recipes in there, and my favorite recipes.”

All of McQueen’s hard work and dedication over the past few years have truly paid off. He has earned himself the title of the youngest award winning vegan chef in the UK. In addition, McQueen has gone on to receive several awards such as the TruLittle Award, the Compassionate Kids Award, and the Proud and Gifted Award.

Omari’s drive is an inspiration for all. He is a true encouragement to the many young entrepreneurs looking to start a business of their own.

 

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Categories : Business::Entrepreneurs, Cooking, Entrepreneurship, Food, Restaurants, Young Entrepreneur

A Glimpse of Brian Montgomery, Canadian Food Entrepreneur

Posted by warburgle21 
· Sunday, September 19th, 2021 
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How can people think entrepreneurially about something as basic as oats?

Brian Montgomery provides an engaging case study. A former investor, Montgomery wanted to develop a business where a simple product like oats and oatmeal can be turned into a new and truly creative lifestyle food. Oat Couture, his business from Ottawa Canada, provides millennials (as well as the local community) with a new and improved way of breakfast oatmeal. His message to his millennial target audience for Oat Couture is, “We want everyone to feel like they are coming home.” His message beautifully conveys his spirit of hospitality.

Not only does his cafe have a sit-down area, but he also offers online order and delivery options for young professionals who may be too busy to sit and eat. His kitchen accommodates many allergens and dietary needs; the meal presentation is also aesthetically pleasing. For example, he offers savory, sweet, and ultra-health conscious oatmeal bowls as well as seasonally flavored varieties. Currently, his fall specialty is pumpkin, which he makes distinctive with adding house-made caramel shortbread.

Clearly, Montgomery has a vision for his café; but his novel idea of making oatmeal fashionable is not his only innovation. He has pioneered the multi-purposing of café space. At night, one of his locations within sixty minutes is reconfigured as the Montgomery Scotch Lounge, a nod to his Scots pioneer heritage. This whole other business builds on the same theme of Scottish agricultural heritage but reaches another consumer market that may not be preoccupied with health, but instead prizes upmarket whiskey brands.

Brian Montgomery is an extraordinary entrepreneur, who can read his market and find innovating ways to use space and classic ingredients.

Please take a look at Montgomery’s entrepreneurial websites for his businesses:

https://oatcouturecafe.com/

http://montgomeryscotchlounge.com/

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Categories : Business, Business::Entrepreneurs, Cooking, Creating, Entrepreneurship, Food, Healthy Lifestyle, Male Entrepreneurs
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The Bagel Rebellion

Posted by smithag20 
· Thursday, November 5th, 2020 
· 5 Comments

Milena Pagan is a self-proclaimed “corporate-retail-strategist-turned-bagel-maker.” Pagan was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Massachusetts to get her degree at MIT. Milena Pagan graduated from MIT with a degree in chemical engineering, followed by a job with CVS Health as an Omnichannel Strategist, but after several years she needed to share her passion for homemade bagels after finding it hard to get New York style  bagels that she really enjoyed. Pagan experimented for several months to create the perfect recipe, then quit her job at CVS and launched Rebelle Artisan Bagels.

Milena Pagan is an incredibly determined person. She identified a problem, and found a way to profit and satisfy that need. Pagan held pop-up shops and promoted her bagels to everyone she could. She has found a way to put a twist on handmade, New York style bagels that differentiates herself from the rest of bagel makers in Providence, Rhode Island. Her success with a Kickstarter campaign granted Rebelle Bagels to pursue a storefront in Providence and they were able to open  their doors in the summer of 2017.

Milena Pagan earned a Entrepreneur of the Year Award New England recently and she deserved it. She has done an amazing job pursing a goal and has achieved great success.  Melina has shown her perseverance and resilience in times of challenge. During COVID she and Rebelle had to be incredibly flexible in order to continue pr0viding customers with the value and quality they were accustomed to.

Customers rave about the fun and interesting flavors that Rebelle Bagels creates on a daily basis. These unexpected flavors are not limited to just bagels, they extend to their very own line of cream cheese, lox, and lunch items.

Located in Providence, Rhode Island, Rebelle Bagels hand make their bagels, cream cheese and lox daily. They experiment with flavors and offer lots of vegan options.

 

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Categories : Baking, Cooking, Food, Handmade, Restaurants, Startups, Uncategorized, Women Entrepreneurs

Misfit Veggies Might be the Next Best Thing

Posted by smithag20 
· Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 
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Do you like getting your vegetables shipped right to the door? Maybe you are a fan of how Amazon or other stores are shipping vegetables to homes around the nation. Are you passionate about helping the environment and limiting food waste? Well Abhi Ramesh is here to make that a reality. In 2018, Ramesh founded Misfits Market, becoming so successful he was featured on Forbe’s 30 under 30.

At many supermarkets and grocery stores around the United States, produce is wasted because it looks “weird” or due to overstock. These stores also give farmers guidelines for how produce should look, and if it does not line up, then the farmers toss it into a different pile, a pile of waste. Misfits Market fights the food waste problem by outsourcing produce that is extra or is a “misfit” veggie from local farmers. These misfit veggies are sometimes misshapen or discolored, however they taste just as good as a normal looking veggie from the grocery store.

Misfits is a subscription based service, you can choose how often you want veggies delivered and how much produce you want. Because farming is a seasonal occupation, at different times of the year, the boxes come with different veggies. There is a large variety of fruits and veggies that Misfits sends with each box.

Customers can put suggestions in for what they want or do not want, but for the most part, receiving the boxes are a fun mystery. With Misfits, my family has been able to try a lot of new fruits and veggies I had never heard of before. Some are great, and others are not. Misfits also provides some recipes for how to cook some of the more interesting and less common veggies.

Ramesh took a prevalent problem and made a great product. He identified the problem (food waste), and who the target customers were, and then created a service that provides vegetables at the click of a button.

https://www.misfitsmarket.com/

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Categories : Agriculture, Cooking, Environment, Food, Social Entrepreneur, Sustainable

Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen

Posted by Samuel Davies 
· Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 
· 1 Comment

After hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, a cook named Jose Andres wanted to find a way to help the people. With $10,000 of his own money and some credit cards he traveled to Puerto Rico and found a kitchen, bought supplies, and found volunteers to help serve. On his first day, he served more than 1,000 meals. Later on with some private donations and government funding Andres and the non profit he founded, World Central Kitchen, produced more than 150,000 meals per day from 26 different kitchens in Puerto Rico. Since then his team has prepared more than 3.7 million meals outpacing the Red Cross and Salvation Army. World Central Kitchen travels to places affected by natural disasters and provides meals. This a perfect example of a redemptive entrepreneur. Jose Andres used something he was good to start a nonprofit that helps those hurt by disasters.

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Categories : Charity, Cooking, Uncategorized

Cory Nieves – Mr. Cory’s Cookies

Posted by Payton Walker 
· Thursday, December 5th, 2019 
· 1 Comment

At the age of six, Cory Nieves combined his love for baking treats and problem solving to come up with the perfect all-natural cookie recipe. After getting a little help from his mom, Cory founded his business, Mr. Cory’s Cookies, in 2010. It all started after telling his mom that he no longer wanted to ride the bus to school, but he would rather buy a car and drive. He began making money for his car by selling hot chocolate in surrounding neighborhoods. His hot chocolate became very well-known all over his hometown of Englewood, New Jersey.

As hot chocolate sales began to rise, Cory decided to begin selling cookies. He and his mom formed the perfect cookie made from all-natural ingredients. Sales took off immediately, and the company was born. Since the launch of the company, Mr. Cory has added three more flavors: Double-Dark, Oatmeal Raisin, and Sugar.

As sales for Mr. Cory’s Cookies continued to grow, Cory Nieves had the opportunity to partner with several large companies, such as Macy’s, Pottery Barn, Whole Foods, and Mr. Marcus Lemonis (their current partner). The company has also done its share of charity work, donating profits and resources to Bergen’s Promise, a local NJ nonprofit, and the Children’s Aid Society of NYC.

An idea simply inspired by a passion for sweet treats has involved into a national business recognized by dozens of America’s leading companies. Cory is now only 15 years old, and he continues to show a true entrepreneurial spirit and drive as he strives to innovate and push forward his all-natural cookie company.

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Categories : Charity, Cooking, Food, Kids, Youngest Entrepreneurs
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