Reading Time: 6 minutes When I first crossed paths with John Weninger, it was 2009, and it was because a contact at a food-service company had told me about Weninger’s sweet potatoes. At the time, Weninger had about 40 of his 300 acres in the crop, and he was selling most of his harvest to grocery stores and the […] Read more
Second look
Adding value to a sweet operation
The other energy business
While Grant focuses on the farm, Colleen Dyck is building their Gorp energy bars into a national brand
Reading Time: 5 minutes I always knew I was going to start something,” says Colleen Dyck. “I just didn’t know what it was going to be or what it was going to look like.” Of course, many people have dreams, and many people nurture a hope that they will become, build, or do something special. It doesn’t always happen. But […] Read more
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