Meaningful Marketplace Podcast

Pure nut butter and delicious. Gluten free, no processed sugar and no peanuts, cashew and almond nuts only - not an easy task. But Julie and Carolyn slaved in the kitchen experimenting, getting friends and family taste testing until the first recipes were developed. And the variety of flavored nut butters is impressive, including lavender honey. And now they're authors, having just finished their first cookbook using their unique nut butters in such delights as fudgey nut brownies. But beyond the delicious nut butters and a business that functions, there is a mission here: Changing the lives of women. Ground Up Nut Butter deliberately seeks to offer employment to women of all backgrounds, to teach them skills and confidence to create a better life for themselves. GUNB is a stepping stone to different employment, and more importantly, a place where women get their chance at bat. Good business, good intentions, good world. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Growing up in China, Qian Deng started as a biological engineer, working on fermentation that utilized e coli! Of course, that' a four-letter word in the food world, but in pharmaceutical research, it's pretty routine. But food science had a bigger appeal to Qian and the fermentation of both baking bread and making soy sauce became much more interesting to her. And creating foods with extra antioxidants became a focus for her. When she applied for grad school, it was to be a food science major and she was accepted to study in the US at Oregon State University. She currently works for a company located in The Dalles, Oregon, which has a river location, good co-packing facilities and warehousing as well. Using natural food extracts to put healing ingredients, they have created new scents and tastes with nutrients and healing traits not found in other additives. The company was sold some time ago, and that allows the PowderPure products to spread around the world. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Blossom vinegars are culinary vinegars and mixers for soda water and cocktails. The vinegars are for salads and additions, the mixers are a new generation. No added sugar makes the mixers stand out on the shelf. But people need recipes, and when Connie Rawlings Dristas recognized that, it turned things in an upward direction for the company. A mentor to other budding food entrepreneurs, including our own Sarah Marshall, Connie has inspired others while she inspires herself. And her inspiration came from a milestone birthday where she took a long look at her diet lifestyle and the long-life history of her family. So she changed her diet on a dime, started eating differently - especially salad dressing - and started figuring out what really made vinegar and how could the flavors be altered. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

The Ryan family started their business out of necessity. Julie Ueland of Ryan's Juice recounts the story of how David Ryan began the company. David Ryan's father died suddenly when David was 15, and the family had a farm that grew a lot of apples. A doctor had given David's mother an apple pressing machine and she started making cider. The children sold it door-to-door, unpasteurized. When the mother was in Portland, Oregon delivering cider when she was hit and killed. It took amazing courage to turn the tragedy into triumph, but the older sister got custody of the siblings and they stayed together. David was the salesperson and pushed the sales regionally. A relationship with Costco mushroomed sales, and when that ended, the company went to tankers delivering ingredients that are as close to fresh pressed as it can possibly be. Julie Uleand's role at Ryan's is "Pluto". Not the dog, the planet - or not a planet? That's the point; Julie does whatever needs to be done to keep things moving at the company. Maybe "Utility Infielder" is better? "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

In the beginning of her food journey, Laura Taylor has produced plant based meal accompaniments that are colorful, tasteful and mimic their mainstream counterparts beautifully. They are, as the website says, "mindful alternatives" to processed sauces, salad dressings and sweet additives. Even though the company is young, Laura's branding and organization for her distributors and retailers is way ahead of the curve. Her previous employment in the food industry prepared her well. And how did it start? After giving birth and taking some time off, Laura decided she wanted a food product that reflected a reverence for good nutrition and good taste. And since her husband was getting an MBA at the same time, they made the new company his capstone project, where they could run financials and business plan in academia before implementing in the real world. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Katie McCarron's son had just graduated from college and jumped in to help the family business get started the first year. The background story: The family's dog, Rosie, was 14 at the time, and had started to go downhill, losing weight and energy. Katie started doing some research and began creating Rosie's food at home. Rosie began a remarkable recovery, gaining weight, getting stronger and living to a ripe old 16 1/2. It's a real family affair; daughter handles marketing, son is a resident physician but helps with the nutrition development in new products, and husband, also a physician, works on distribution and fundraising. Now in over 800 stores, the popularity is because Portland Pet Food uses natural and wholesome ingredients and has been able to package the food without cooking it to temperatures that destroy the nutrients. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Starting as a fisheries research biologist Idaho, Judy Goodman was a big outdoors person. Going on a hike with some friends, she took her homemade energy bars with her and her friends told her she had a dynamite breakfast bar recipe. Since it was the 80's and breakfast bars were only beginning to be accepted, Judy was ahead of the curve with her backpacker superbars. She made those for years, then moved to Joseph, Oregon and trained as a chocolatier. The owner of the shop encouraged Judy to come up with some energy bars since the area got a lot of backpackers. She got started producing bars, left for another job, then was told by the original owner there was tremendous demand for her bars and so it began. Judy got her production kitchen going and now the company is still headquartered in beautiful Joseph. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Not originally a food guy, Michael Pan began his professional career as an engineer at Motorola. It taught him teamwork and controls to business, a great foundation for founding his company. While visiting family in Malaysia, his cousin gave him a bowl of delicious food that Michael thought was a dried pork product. When told that the dish was actually a vegetarian food that fit with his religion and diet, Michael was amazed at the texture as well as the look and taste. Using shitake mushrooms, their daily production is created with care and pride. By sharing the recipe with people in America, he is carrying on the family tradition of plant based and vegan eating. But it didn't happen overnight. It has taken years to bootstrap the company. Initially, his cousin would make the product in Malaysia and Michael imported and sold it. Moving to US production to Portland, Oregon in 2018, Pan's has moved from a shared kitchen to building their own kitchen and really taking off. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Named after her two grandfathers, Jacoba Gundle co-founded Mindful Proteins to produce a line of high-protein foods and beverages using clean ingredients. Sounds like a lofty goal? Well, it is, but their first product, restore is a protein water. Beautifully packaged, this original idea was inspired by Jacoba's enthusiastic exercise and yoga regimen. Getting protein in the body within 45 minutes of exercise, she had tried other powders but they had sugar and artificial ingredients that she did not care to ingest. Also a believer in sustainability, Mindful Proteins pays attention to their packaging as well as sourcing locally for their ingredients. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Author of the cookbook, "Cooking With My Mother", Haitian born Elsy Dinvil really didn't have a choice to be in the kitchen, it was expected of the women in the culture. So she cooked and cooked until illness struck her in 2005. For the next six years, she underwent tests and surgeries until she decided to take charge of her own diet and body. She developed her own recipes and figured out how to avoid many allergies. She trained as a chef in Haiti and is certified. A thrifty business owner, Elsy has figured out how to stretch her money. Beginning with doing pop-ups, she has spread the word on her packaged food in the trenches and now with more mass media with her cookbook. Her hustle also got her in contact with a commercial kitchen to increase production. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

It REALLY was a class program. In the University of Oregon's MBA program, Red Duck Ketchup was a project for Shannon Oliver (hope she got an "A"). Over a basket of Tater Tots, the idea was hatched. The Tots were flavored but the ketchup was definitely not and the idea of coming up with a sauce that matched the spicy food. Now in over 5,000 stores and expanding to barbeque sauce, cocktail sauce and taco sauce, Red Duck is taking the culinary world by storm. Still run by the original three university students, each has their area and specialty and the team runs well. But there was a learning curve, and luckily there were things like YouTube to tell you how to wrap a pallet when you're at the stage of shipping your own stuff. Now with all the experience behind them, maybe Shannon will be teaching the next MBA class... "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Pretty straightforward beginning, Junea Rocha and her husband decided to bring their Brazilian cheese bread to the US market in 2011. But nothing stays straightforward. Junea went to Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center's "Recipe to Market" class that gave them a big boost developing a product to show to a buyer in 12 weeks. They were excited with their start, but it was a full year to have a product ready for market. They developed it through Kitchen Crew a community commissary. But full production required eventually opeing their own facility until they got to a volume that's landed them with a co-packer - the complete evolution! Frozen AND gluten-free made the journey difficult because it was a unique category at the time, so these pioneers opened the door for many entrepreneurs with the passion for good food and good taste. But what's it like to be husband and wife running the same company? Sometimes have been really intense getting things off the ground, but the rewards of reaching their goals has been a great business and personal partnership. Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

It's all about mung beans. To solve the long standing problem of lackluster flavor and texture in veggie burgers, Vivian Lee saw the mung bean as the golden ticket. And along the way, give people who want plant based food alongside their animal proteins. Mung Dynasty Foods is an infant company and Vivian is just now getting her veggie burgers in stores. Vivian is a child of Korean immigrants who loved Korean food had it every meal When they bought an all American diner in Ann Arbor, Michigan Vivian soon had Hungarian goulash, hamburger steak in addition to more great Korean food. So her palate grew as well as her discrimination for good tasting food. It also was the inspiration for working Korean kimchi flavors into her line. Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Cows are not cows at TMK, they're "Cowlebrities". Treating the cows with tender loving care and showing them at fairs and winning ribbons is part of getting the best natural milk on the planet. And it goes into fabulous cheese, soft serve ice cream - and vodka too. Tessa and Todd Koch also involve the community. They have tours seven days a week and show off the farm so they are transparent about where your food comes from as it gets. Oregon State University had a big effect on their life with its tremendous agricultural program, and the creamery there provided the foundation for being in business. And the vodka? What's that about? It's called "Cowcohol" (of course). The whey that's left after the cheese making is fermented and distilled. Entrepreneurs are ALWAYS thinking, even about their cows.. Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Starting after the last econ crash, around 2009, Lucinda left her vegetarian restaurant on Oregon's Coast to sell her packaged food products. Great Life By Lucinda offers butters and cream cheeses of imaginative flavors in the cold section of the grocery store. The dry products are the latest and becoming the greatest. You just add water to her veggie burger mix and you have a meatless meat product for burgers, tacos, lasagna or whatever you can think of. Cutting meat consumption is Lucinda's hot button right now. Her claim is that if people cut 1/3 of their meat consumption it can cut emissions 50%. And that makes Life Great. Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Holistic health tonics. That's what Valeri Roth, of Mind Your Manna produces. Under the product name of Fire Brew (great name!) these all-natural drinks are distilled from plant nutrients and are akin to "drinking your daily vitamins". People take these power shots usually in two-ounce doses, each bottle contains about four shots. Drink with some sparkling water, mix it in with your food or put it in your water bottle for flavor and health. About five years ago, Valerie went back for an education to become a nutritionist and really dug into the healing qualities of food and particularly Eastern foods. She learned of a health tonic that was hot and fiery, home-brewed and amazing. When she found out the consumer couldn't buy this tonic at a store, she had her epiphany, taking the tonic to the people. The fire was lit. Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

With Sarah Masoni at the Fancy Foods meeting with a Food Innovation Center contingent, Sarah Marshall talks with Yvonne Fide and Ian Levy In their third year in business, Momo Cocoa innovating and pushing forward. A new product in the brewing cocoa category, their tea is made with whole bean cacao, ground with a bit of black tea added. It is then roasted similarly to coffee beans, and is then brewed like tea in a pouch or French press. The company currently has six flavors of cocoa mixes, non-dairy and organic with organic spices added. Ingredients come mainly straight from the farm and are part of elevating the art of sharing chocolate with family and friends. This came from Yvonne's growing up in Southern California and embracing the fall comfort time even in the background of warm weather. Her determination to create a warm and cuddly environment in spite of the sunshine was her driving force to build the company she has today. Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

Now we switch roles, Masoni interviews Marshall. Sarah Marshall's first food experience was her Mom's homemade approach to meals. Referring to her as a Hippie Mom, Marshall remembers her Mom's home-baked bread in a coffee can. Although not all that practical because it tended to crumble and had too many seeds, it was sweet and comforting and was a family activity. And it lead Marshall to the local-sourcing, homemade taste that is the foundation for her company today. Her passion for canning bloomed when she was a social worker in the Portland, Oregon area. The work was emotionally tough, and canning food at home became her therapy. As she canned more and more, she began teaching others. And she started creating sauces for the children she oversaw. Since many were on the "spectrum", she had to pay special attention to avoiding additives, so her penchant for pure, fresh food took hold. Her recipes reflected this philosophy and became the blueprint for her future products. Taking business classes while still a social worker, Marshall considered a food cart at one time, but decided to can and distribute her sauce instead. Now, her company is a certified kitchen in her home where she, husband and daughter have made a life doing what they love. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky

The show hosts interview each other so you can get to know the them in depth; their background, experience, attitudes and ethics. In this episode, Sarah Marshall, founder of Marshall's Haute Sauce interviews her past mentor and now friend, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center. Masoni's mission is to help food entrepreneurs take their product to market successfully, or give them the tough love news that their product isn't ready for prime time. Marshall calls her the "artist and Fairy Godmother making food dreams come true", because Masoni has an amazing palate that has guided many companies through the maze of going from the kitchen to the mass production process that gets the product to the consumer's table. Masoni doesn't go for gimicky ideas either. She's interested in real food, ethically procured and processed with a fabulous taste and she's very straightforward and candid with her clients. A speaker, sought after panel member and budding author, Masoni considers herself "CEO to a thousand food companies", because her candor and integrity has the ear of the C-suite when they need to hear the truth about their food products. "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall We record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the "Masoni and Marshall the meaningful marketplace" live on-air every Friday at 9:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com Thank you for listening to The Meaningful Marketplace Podcast with your hosts, Sarah Masoni of Oregon State University's Food Innovation Center and Sarah Marshall, owner of Marshall's Haute Sauce. Connect with us on Instagram @meaningfulmarketplacepodcast. Call our hotline with questions for Sarah and Sarah at 503-395-8858. If you want to support our show, write us a review, share episodes with friends, or subscribe to our Patreon. Producer: Sarah Marshall of The Joy of Creation Production House Audio engineer, mixer, and podcast editor: Haley Bowers Show logo design: Anton Kimball of Kimball Design Production Coordinators: Dave Drusky