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Episode 12: Eye Buy Art
Recorded November, 2021
Emily McInnes launched EYE BUY ART in 2009 because she wanted to help individual collectors and trade professionals discover and connect with contemporary art.
Today, the business provides two distinct services. They curate site-specific contemporary art projects for corporate partners and offer eyebuyart.com, an e-commerce platform targetting individual collectors.
Episode 11: Alchemy Pickle Company
Recorded November, 2021
Rebekka Hutton has a passion for establishing deeper connections between local farmers and consumers. In 2012, she launched Alchemy Pickle Company and since then has been making high-quality fermented products available to discerning customers.
All of her pickles, condiments and beverages are hand-crafted and traditionally-made. They contain only the freshest organic ingredients and sea-salt: no vinegar added. This creates nutrient dense, living foods with complex flavours and bio-available nutrients.
Episode 10: Lisa Ridout Jewellery
To Lisa Ridout, jewellery is a metaphor for the way everything in life is connected. Movement, flow, structure, tension, shape, colour and texture are all facets of a person's life. Lisa expresses these elements in jewellery that she designs and makes, by hand.
Lisa manipulates precious metal in wire form. Through a combination of adapted historical patterns and unique new designs, she creates custom pieces that stand the test of time.
Episode 9: Origin Handcrafted Goods
Origin Handcrafted was founded by Marc Liss and Kayla Penelton on two humble ideas. First, people should love the things they own. Second, the things they own should be built to last.
This is the driving vision behind Origin Handcrafted Goods. Every item that leaves their shop — whether a piece of custom jewellery or a handcrafted kitchen knife — is made with care and attention. Properly maintained, these are objects that you can use every day and share with the next generation.
Episode 8: Adoniaa Beauty
It would be easy to dismiss Adoniaa Beauty as just another cosmetics company. Even then, the work of founder Adedoyin Omotara would be impressive. She is the founder of Adoniaa Beauty and the leader of the “Unmask Your Beauty” movement.
”Adoniaa” is the Greek word meaning “beautiful woman”. Adedoyin’s vision and mission: to help women connect to their individual beauty and empower them at every stage of their lives.
Episode 7: Small winemakers collection
In 1991, Richard Godin and Peter Wearing started talking, literally around the water cooler. Richard had recently been to his first wine tasting and Peter had visited wineries while travelling in Australia.
For some reason, they decided it would be a good idea to start a business as a wine importer with the sole intention of writing off travel expenses. So they did. Thirty years later, Small Winemakers Collection works with over 1,000 restaurants and 5,000 private customers.
Episode 6: Manning Canning Kitchens
From humble beginnings using rented kitchens and selling at farmers’ markets, they now occupy a 4000 sq ft facility and produce eleven different products. These products are all available online and through specialty shops across Ontario. Christine is always innovating and creating new products. Sure, they have the jams, jellies or pickles necessary to elevate your next meal. But, consider pairing that with a new take on an ancient elixir: cold-pressed fruit juice infused with organic apple cider vinegar, a refreshing concentrate that’s good for your gut and great in mocktails, cocktails and sparklers.
Episode 5: Forbes Wild Foods
Would people would pay more attention to the environment if they had a relationship with it through food?
Forbes Wild Foods has a mission to engage people and their imaginations to value, cherish, and protect the natural world.
Episode 4: Modern Concierge
Modern Concierge develops plans tailored to fit each client’s unique needs—no matter how complex or mundane they may seem. Whether it’s helping with day to day tasks or working on bespoke experiences. Simply make a list, hand it over, and if it is legal and ethical, they have the network and resources to get it done.
Episode 3: Solid Leather
Jesse believes a belt is the most practical and essential piece of fashion in a wardrobe. For him, it’s something that perfectly represents his principles: endurance, integrity, effortless style and craftsmanship. He takes those ideas so seriously, that he provides a lifetime guarantee on every belt he makes.
Episode 2: Compass Distillers
Compass did not want to create another generic spirit; they wanted to make something world-class. The only way to do that was the old fashioned way, using fresh ingredients and distilling in small batches. Making a different type of spirit also meant building relationships with farmers and foragers who—whenever possible—provide the necessary raw ingredients. In 2020 alone they used over 50 tonnes of locally-grown grain.
Episode 1: East Coast Glow
Karen and Roger Dewling are co-founders of East Coast Glow, situated in picturesque Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador. The studio sits near the edge of the North Atlantic, where the constant parade of icebergs is a continual source of inspiration. They view their company as a creative iceberg water cosmetics studio.