StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring On Your Journey, Carrot Bacon, Peterborough County and GreenUP

PTBOCanada is delighted to be running StoosNews columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…

After 40 years working as a Registered Nurse and caring for palliative and long-term care patients, Tracey Wilson is launching a new business, On Your Journey.

It offers end-of-life doula care services, advanced care planning and end-of-life education and workshops. Wilson is using her own personal experience with loss and grief combined with her professional experience to help people with the end-of-life journey to provide people with dignity and integrity and to ensure no one dies alone. Connect with Tracey through onyourjourney.ca.

Peterborough-based startup and Innovation Cluster client Carrot Bacon is shaking up the plant-based snack industry with two new products — Beet Jerky and Onion Cracklings.

Their investments into their line of crispy whole-plant jerky are attracting attention as they have begun making deliveries across the US and recently secured a $100,000 grant to fuel innovation and job creation. Check out the delicious Carrot Bacon products locally at Sobeys and Jo Anne’s Place or at carrotbacon.org.

Congratulations to Peterborough County on winning the prestigious Professional Development Award from the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators for its ‘Prime for Lean’ initiative.

Peterborough County is recognized for developing a culture of continuous improvement. The program was established in partnership with the Ontario Municipal Leadership Institute and WSCS Consulting to develop a customized training program focused on core principles and methodologies of lean six sigma, change management, and project management.

Seeing a need in the community, the GreenUP Store & Resource Centre is expanding its offerings including a larger bulk refill station for household products for people looking to reduce their use of single-use plastics.

They also now carry Feather Friendly window tape to reduce bird collisions. GreenUp offers sustainable home goods, ecological cleaning supplies, rain barrels, composters and serves as a drop-off for hard-to-recycle items like disposable razors and coffee bags. Check them out at 378 Aylmer St. N. or at shop.greenup.on.ca.

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