Regular Doctor vs. Wellness Doctor
What’s the difference ?!
A path towards preventative medicine - Daniel Kraft
Organic Conference @ Guelph 2011 - its 30th year running
Overall was a worthwhile trip to Guelph — I got some great olive oil and balsamic vinegar from Acropolis Organics and heavenly after dinner tea from a local herbal farm.
More about the conference: http://www.guelphorganicconf.ca/
I love this MISO guy! Saw him at the Whole Life Expo too and it’s soooo yummy! Jars are $10 each but really worth it and way healthier for you — fermented, sundried, organic, and much more…. http://www.traditionmiso.com/
Quick Tips on Food Associations and Careers
A great place to look for some hidden opportunities in food/natural health products companies:
Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) Job Board: http://www.chfa.ca/JobBoard/tabid/378/language/en-US/Default.aspx
For entry-level jobs in food companies: http://talentegg.ca/focus/agriculture
To learn about general career paths in the food and CPG industries: Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPMC)
http://www.fcpmc.com/careers/index.html (links at the bottom)
General food & bev job openings:
There are also postings in food science related jobs at CIFST, but these are for members only.
Same with WFIM - Women in Food Industry Management.
And sometimes you can also find some roles (in CPG food companies) on www.cpgconnect.ca
If you are interested in a particular sector within the food industry, try to find a LinkedIn group or association for it and join. Great leads may come out of it!
Food and Wine Magazine 2010 Home Cook Superstar, Bon Appetit contributor, and food entrepreneur Sarah Simmons shares how she teaches others to eat healthier. Concerned with an increasingly accepted and de facto quick serve restaurant (QSR) eating culture, Simmons promotes home cooking as the central means to create a healthier American food culture. Learn more about Sarah at http://sarahmcsimmons.com.
My visit to the One of A Kind Show (toronto)
Had a great time at the One of a Kind show yesterday!
Came across an organic farm just south of Orillia, Ontario, called Sweet Dove Herbs. They had lots of tea and herbs, and I just saw that there are great opportunities for people to volunteer on this farm and others through WWOOF, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. Isn’t that a neat idea?!
Besides the tea and herbs, I LOVED String Theory - only launched 6 months ago by 2 textile designers - and they were selling their scarves like crazy! I got one :)
The Centre for Social Innovation on Spadina in Toronto.
Wouldn’t that be a nice space to work in?!
Whole Life Expo 2010!
The Whole Life Expo this weekend was full of speakers, experts as well as not ;), but overall a great positive vibe of people looking to get healthy. Loved it!
The expert panel on Saturday afternoon included all these amazing people and you could ask any question: Dr. Zoltan Rona, MD; Bryce Wylde, RNC, HD; Julie Daniluk, RHN; Natasha Turner, ND; Bruce Krahn, Fitness Expert; Mike Hannalah, RPh, BSC Phm, FACA
It really impressed me the courage some people had to talk about their personal battles with diseases and seeking further advice from the panel. I thought the panel gave really in-depth answers and loved the quick presentations they each did about their work. Almost all of them have their own websites, so check them out online.
I’m excited about the Total Health Show in April!
Networking for Women…
My first Company of Women event! I’ve been to an event with a similar organization called eWomen, and that event had a great concept called “speed networking” where you say (at your table) exactly what you need — so it’s very straight forward how people can help you. And if you are able to help, you give them your business card and make a note on the back.
The Company of Women event was really different. It was more intimate and included a panel of 3 entrepreneurs since the theme was mentoring.
Some take-aways:
- Find a mentor! No matter where you are in your life/career, a mentor can really help guide you and give you options.
- How? Think of who you admire! Be brave, approach them at an event or just by cold calling them, and start building the relationship. Some mentorships are more formal than others. You can also try to join a mentorship program such as through CYBF but this is if you are a young entrepreneur.
