December 15, 2025

Gourmet Mushrooms (Mycopia)

Gourmet Mushrooms (Mycopia)

When they met in 1976, Malcolm Clark was running a biological laboratory in Toronto, and David Law was studying business at the University of Wisconsin. Neither of them knew much about farming, but they both saw an opportunity in mushrooms.

December 10, 2025

Baking Spirits Bright

Baking Spirits Bright

Holiday baking has a way of drawing folks in, regardless of skill level. The person who can pipe a perfect rosette and the person who's never cracked an egg both end up in the kitchen this time of year, pulled by the same impulse to make something that smells like cinnamon and butter.

December 3, 2025

Portland Syrups

Portland Syrups

Portland Syrups started in 2012 when Chris Onstad and Dan McLaughlin got tired of what they found on store shelves. The drink mixers available were too sweet, full of artificial ingredients, and packaged in ways that created waste they didn't want to contribute to. So they started brewing syrups in their kitchen.