32 – Navigating a New Food Business w/ Glenda and Rory Hart of The Canadian Birch Company Ltd.

Meet Glenda and Rory Hart, Co-Founders of the Canadian Birch Company. They create products from organic birch sap and craft the world’s finest pure birch syrup.

In this episode, Host Margaux Miller taps into the ins and outs of the birch syrup industry, inquiring into dealing with food products and getting into retailers, and garners advice for working with programs like the Scotiabank Women Initiative.

If you are starting a food based business and you want to skip some hurdles of learning the hard way - then be sure to catch this episode!

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Meet Glenda and Rory Hart, Co-Founders of the Canadian Birch Company. They create products from organic birch sap, tapping living trees, and crafting the world’s finest pure birch syrup. So delicious in fact that they spun it into an award-winning gourmet collection – named by the San Francisco Business Times as “new trend to watch”, been awarded Harvest of Excellence Innovative company of the year, and named as Chatelaine Magazine’s Product of the Year. 

In this episode, Host Margaux Miller taps into the ins and outs of the birch syrup industry, inquiring into dealing with food products and getting into retailers, and garners advice for working with programs like the Scotiabank Women Initiative. 

If you are starting a food based business and you want to skip some hurdles of learning the hard way – then be sure to catch this episode!  

Listen now online here, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or find us on most major podcast platforms. Prefer video? Watch now on YouTube HERE!  

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

0:33 Meet Glenda and Rory Hart, Co-Founders of the Canadian Birch Company
4:08 The History of Birch Syrup
11:20 Feedback and Craft Shows
15:00 Hurdles of Misinformation
19:07 Food Industry Loans and Investment
26:30 Balancing Responsibilities   
29:30 SPEED ROUND
35:20 Food Inspection and Support
41:00 Trade Shows and Retail Stores
49:50 The Future of The Canadian Birch Company Ltd.

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canadianbirchcompany.com
Facebook @canadianbirchsyrup
Instagram @canadianbirchsyrup

Find Your Start – Episode Resources Mentioned by Our Guest:

Canadian Agriculture Loans Act (CALA) 
Women’s Enterprise Centre
Red River North Community Futures
Chef’s Association 
Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
Food Development Centre (FDC in Portage la Prairie)
Manitoba Agriculture 
Canadian Institute of Food Safety 
Shopify 

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Start Canada Podcast is supported by:

Scotiabank
Manitoba Technology Accelerator 
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