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In this episode Michele Mulder joins us to talk about a rural gem, the Gallery in Holden! The Gallery in Holden is a non-profit community organization dedicated to helping rural Albertan artists and crafts-people showcase their works to the public. The Gallery showcases a wide selection of locally produced artwork, wood carving, photographs, hand crafted items, and more! 

Michele also talks about moving from the city to the village of Holden and the power of volunteers! After this episode you might just want to put Holden on the map for your next road trip!

Find the Gallery on Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Gallery-Holden-100076186661217/

Tis' the season and all December long we're spotlighting small local businesses with our pal Indira.  Recently we got to know Melissa with Melissa Sampson Photography and Jeannie with Label 4 Company.  We got the story behind their businesses, learned about what they offer, goals and more!  Check it out! 

On the pod today, we are fortunate to have Mark and Kerri Ann from The Corner Coworking. The four discuss how it started, its growth and expansion, and define The Corner Coworking space. As the four engage in great conversation, Mark and Kerri touch on the benefits of working in that environment and how it can encourage more productivity than working at home.  

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#regionalsmallbusinesses are at the centre of healthy #localeconomies, both as a supplier of goods or services and as an employer. It's in everyone's interest that these #businesses successfully transfer from one #owner to another.  #Owners of #regionalbusinesses face additional hurdles when selling their business. 

In this 3 part series #owners of #regionalbusinesses share their own personal experiences from going through a #businesssale process.

In this 2nd interview (over 2 weeks)  Sandra Kain from #ColesBay in #Tasmania shares her beginning to end story of landing in #ColesBay starting 2 new businesses and then completing the cycle and selling, over a much longer timeframe than she imagined, a bit over 26 years later.  We cover;

• arriving in 1994, taking on a #supermarket and #takeaway as one #business, and then a few years later, purchasing the #bakery next door
• using the earlier experience of owning a business in #perth but being challenged by the step up to the next level
• her motivations for being in business
• the #inspiration she got from her #mother who worked in a little #MilkBar, work alongside  her, and enjoying the interaction with people
• though I had worked before and it was my own business but this was a large scale
• the benefits of good #timing with #Tasmaniantourism opening up and having #international guests coming from everywhere
• #colesbay being the first town in #Australia to #banplasticbags and working with @PlanetArk
• #tasmanina as a beautiful #cleanandgreen place
• hearing the signal that ït's #timetosell - knowing that the average time it would take to #sellyour business was three or four years.
• kicking off the #sellingprocess and getting nowhere slowly (initially by putting notices on the front of my businesses - just to see who was out there)
• deciding that after twelve months two years that it was not really going anywhere
• the challenges for young couples, young baker's in getting #finance
• dealing with #tirekickers and endless #questions
• working alongside #goodpeople #colorfulpeople
• the difficulties in getting good people working for you in #ruralareas and #countryareas
• hoping and then realizing that #children weren't really interested in taking on the businesses - a major turning point in her life
• feeling anxious from then on
• experiencing the sense of loss after selling the business  - wandering "what you are going to do tomorrow?"
• finally selling and becoming farmers #breeding #BeltedGalloways
• working out that working with animals is a lot easier - because they do not answer back!!

@kerrcapital

Thanks for listening.  Visit the Small Business Banter website to subscribe, listen back, or check out any resources or information mentioned on the show.

Search @SmallBusinessBanter on your favorite podcast player to subscribe and listen to the episodes.

Reach out to Michael Kerr via the website if you need personal assistance or advice for your small business.

michael.kerr@kerrcapital.com.au

www.smallbusinessbanter.com.au

#regionalsmallbusinesses are at the centre of healthy #localeconomies, both as a supplier of goods or services and as an employer. It's in everyone's interest that these #businesses successfully transfer from one #owner to another.  #Owners of #regionalbusinesses face additional hurdles when selling their business. In this 3 part #owners of #regionalbusinesses share their own personal experiences from going through a #businesssale process.

In this 2nd interview (over 2 weeks)  Sandra Kain from #ColesBay in #Tasmania shares her beginning to end story of landing in #ColesBay starting 2 new businesses and then completing the cycle and selling, over a much longer timeframe than she imagined, a bit over 26 years later.  We cover;

• arriving in 1994, taking on a #supermarket and #takeaway as one #business, and then a few years later, purchasing the #bakery next door
• using the earlier experience of owning a business in #perth but being challenged by the step up to the next level
• her motivations for being in business
• the #inspiration she got from her #mother who worked in a little #MilkBar, work alongside  her, and enjoying the interaction with people
• though I had worked before and it was my own business but this was a large scale
• the benefits of good #timing with #Tasmaniantourism opening up and having #international guests coming from everywhere
• #colesbay being the first town in #Australia to #banplasticbags and working with @PlanetArk
• #tasmanina as a beautiful #cleanandgreen place
• hearing the signal that ït's #timetosell - knowing that the average time it would take to #sellyour business was three or four years.
• kicking off the #sellingprocess and getting nowhere slowly (initially by putting notices on the front of my businesses - just to see who was out there)
• deciding that after twelve months two years that it was not really going anywhere
• the challenges for young couples, young baker's in getting #finance
• dealing with #tirekickers and endless #questions
• working alongside #goodpeople #colorfulpeople
• the difficulties in getting good people working for you in #ruralareas and #countryareas
• hoping and then realizing that #children weren't really interested in taking on the businesses - a major turning point in her life
• feeling anxious from then on
• experiencing the sense of loss after selling the business  - wandering "what you are going to do tomorrow?"
• finally selling and becoming farmers #breeding #BeltedGalloways
• working out that working with animals is a lot easier - because they do not answer back!!

@kerrcapital

Thanks for listening.  Visit the Small Business Banter website to subscribe, listen back, or check out any resources or information mentioned on the show.

Search @SmallBusinessBanter on your favorite podcast player to subscribe and listen to the episodes.

Reach out to Michael Kerr via the website if you need personal assistance or advice for your small business.

michael.kerr@kerrcapital.com.au

www.smallbusinessbanter.com.au

#regionalsmallbusinesses are at the centre of healthy #localeconomies, both as a supplier of goods or services and as an employer. It's in everyone's interest that these #businesses successfully transfer from one #owner to another.  #Owners of #regionalbusinesses face additional hurdles when selling their business. 

In this 3 part series #owners of #regionalbusinesses share their own personal experiences from going through a #businesssale process.

This first interview (over 2 weeks) is with Carolyn Fryer from #FishCreek in #SouthGippsland who bought, revitalised, and, eventually, sold the Fish Creek General Store and Newsagency. Over the 2 weeks we cover;

• her plan of moving back to @FishCreek to #retire having bought a #smallfarm
• being approached by some #local people about purchasing the Fish Creek General Store and Newsagency, which was having a bit of a struggle and looked like it might close which would have been quite devastating for the small town (a nail in the coffin)
• the devastating impact on rural towns when they lose their general store and their newsagency
• saying yes, taking on the challenge thinking it would be "interesting" and that she could "turn it around fairly quickly", offload it, go back to the farm
• putting off your retirement plans
• the 6-year project - 2.5 years to revitalise and 3.5 years to  to sell it  (having assumed 6 months). So I ended up being there for six years - way longer than she had anticipated
• the weight felt and challenges faced by Carolyn when approached by some people who wanted to take over and 'ditch' the grocery and newsagency - as much as she wanted to sell and get out she wouldn't do that to the town, otherwise, I would have defeated the purpose of going in there to maintain this service for the locals
• keeping staff in the loop and motivated during uncertainty
• keeping the business improvements going
• #stickybeaks regularly commenting "this is a lovely business"
• her business career and buying and selling businesses in the order of 10 businesses over the years
• her recommended #stepstoselling and the need to allow a lot more time and to be patient

@kerrcapital

Thanks for listening.  Visit the Small Business Banter website to subscribe, listen back, or check out any resources or information mentioned on the show.

Search @SmallBusinessBanter on your favorite podcast player to subscribe and listen to the episodes.

Reach out to Michael Kerr via the website if you need personal assistance or advice for your small business.

michael.kerr@kerrcapital.com.au

www.smallbusinessbanter.com.au

#regionalsmallbusinesses are at the centre of healthy #localeconomies, both as a supplier of goods or services and as an employer. It's in everyone's interest that these #businesses  successfully transfer from one #owner to another.  #Owners of #regionalbusinesses face additional hurdles when selling their business. 

In this 3 part series #owners of #regionalbusinesses share their own personal experiences from going through a #businesssale process.

This first interview (over 2 weeks) is with Carolyn Fryer from #FishCreek in #SouthGippsland who bought, revitalised, and, eventually, sold the Fish Creek General Store and Newsagency. Over the 2 weeks we cover;

• her plan of moving back to @FishCreek to #retire having bought a #smallfarm
• being approached by some #local people about purchasing the Fish Creek General Store and Newsagency, which was having a bit of a struggle and looked like it might close which would have been quite devastating for the small town (a nail in the coffin)
• the devastating impact on rural towns when they lose their general store and their newsagency
• saying yes, taking on the challenge thinking it would be "interesting" and that she could "turn it around fairly quickly", offload it, go back to the farm
• putting off your retirement plans
• the 6-year project - 2.5 years to revitalise and 3.5 years to sell it  (having assumed 6 months). So I ended up being there for six years - way longer than she had anticipated
• the weight felt and challenges faced by Carolyn when approached by some people who wanted to take over and 'ditch' the grocery and newsagency - as much as she wanted to sell and get out she wouldn't do that to the town, otherwise, I would have defeated the purpose of going in there to maintain this service for the locals
• keeping staff in the loop and motivated during uncertainty
• keeping the business improvements going
• #stickybeaks regularly commenting "this is a lovely business"
• her business career and buying and selling businesses in the order of 10 businesses over the years
• her recommended #stepstoselling and the need to allow a lot more time and to be patient

@kerrcapital

Thanks for listening.  Visit the Small Business Banter website to subscribe, listen back, or check out any resources or information mentioned on the show.

Search @SmallBusinessBanter on your favorite podcast player to subscribe and listen to the episodes.

Reach out to Michael Kerr via the website if you need personal assistance or advice for your small business.

michael.kerr@kerrcapital.com.au

www.smallbusinessbanter.com.au

On today's episode we review the history and uses of the classic Swiss cheese Tête de Moine AOP. Our guests are Martin Siegenthaler, Gerant / Manager of Tête de Moine AOP Association, and Randall Felts, ACS CCP Cheesemonger and Owner of Beautiful Rind, located in Chicago. Also described in the episode is the Rosomat machine and its useful qualities. It's available to buy via www.shopjuicernet.com.

Photo Courtesy of Martin and Randall.

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On today's episode, Diane sits down with Hannah Howard to discuss her new book and find out what makes this memoir so special. Hannah Howard is a writer and food expert who spent her formative years in New York eating, drinking, serving, bartending, cooking on hot lines, and flipping giant wheels of cheese in Manhattan institutions such as Picholine and Fairway Market. She has a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Hannah has been published in New York magazine, Salon, and SELF. Hannah is the author of two memoirs, Feast: True Love In and Out of the Kitchen and Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family

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Today our guest Caroline Hostettler, introduces to the CTC audience what it means to participate in the Adopt an Alp program. Plus,  she explains the importance of the craftsmanship behind these cheeses. As part of her own importing company, Quality Cheese, Caroline has been a pioneer in the perception and trade of the Alpine cheese category. Here we get her take on the current values of the Alpine cheese field and how US specialty shops around the country can help support these Swiss cheesemakers.

Image courtesy of Caroline Hostettler.

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Our host Diane discusses with Debra Dickerson, Director of Education and Customer Outreach at Cowgirl Creamery about the current atmosphere in the cheese market and what may be next for the industry.

SAVORY Institute

DZTA Daphne Zepos Teaching Award

Cheese Culture Coalition

Image courtesy of Debra Dickerson.

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On today's episode, Cara will discuss with Aaron Quint co-owner and head food guy at Kingston Bread and Bar, his bread making skills and how his love for cheese helps him create the ultimate pairings bread and cheese combos. Crunchy bread with gooey cheese... nom nom.

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Today Vic & Jess are in conversation with Cel Robertson founder of  Forever Green Flower Company

Cel is an artisan flower grower based in North Norfolk
Today we talk about Cel's journey into flower growing, how she initially grew the business, the importance of being organic, food provenance and all about finding the space that she grows her beautiful flowers now

Cel's whole journey into growing was spurred by a true passion for environmental issues both locally and globally and this conversation honestly, was a true education for us both

Thank you so much for speaking with us Cel, we loved every minute

To find out more about Cel, her beautiful flowers & her brilliant business-focused flower growing workshops please head over to the links below
https://forevergreenflowerco.co.uk
https://www.instagram.com/forevergreenflowerco


Capel Manor College
https://www.capel.ac.uk

Bill Mollison-The father of permaculture

To find out more about the tree planting initiatives in your area please contact your local council to find out more

Kenny re-orders biscotti, Phil feels left out because his mom doesn't make him cookies, so he talks about his webinar with Askuity instead. Both Kenny and Phil love Ikea's Omnichannel experience. They're also looking for their Japanese listeners - if you're listening from Japan, you could get some of Nona Vannucci's biscotti.