Entrepreneur Profile: Little Duck Organics

A recovery from the worst recession in about seven decades may not seem like the ideal time to start a new food business, but Zak Normandin forged ahead. With a Just Do It kind of attitude, the New Hampshire-based professional and co-founder of design house Redwood Concepts started an organic dried fruits business called Little [...]

Enriched Foods: A New-Old Super Grain

The mainstream media has long questioned enriched foods, but the real question is–if there were food products that would eliminate the need for one more supplement or vitamin, would you buy them? Salba Smart and Core Naturals are betting yes. Health trends often warrant skepticism but some discoveries are just rebirths of old trends. Such [...]

Work Screw Binge

I never read Eat, Pray, Love because 1) Oprah is not God, 2) I don’t want to read about some whining woman feeling sorry for herself for buying into the American status quo and 3) if I need a self help book, I’ll go the Amazon.com and buy something for women that date the wrong [...]

Durable Pouches, Healthy Toddler Food

From packaging to locally-sourced ingredients, these companies are turning baby food into a sophisticated, high-brow gourmet food business sector. The result is a bevy of beautiful, portable packages, most of which are BPA-free, that are great for travel since they are light and have caps that enable moms and dads to reseal pouches. Among the [...]

High School Enterprise: A Study in Teen Entrepreneurship

This line of shots starting with energy and culminating with calm is the brainchild of a young entrepreneur who started his first business after high school, from the back of his car.