 Around eight years ago, Marisa Kohler began searching for soap and skincare products to help her family’s dry skin. “The [three] kids and I have super dry skin and eczema and I couldn’t find an appropriately priced organic line of soap and skincare products for our whole family,” Marisa explained. “I wanted to see what I could do, so I started researching how to make soap for our family.” After lots of research, trial, and error, Marisa finally created a soap recipe that worked for their skin, had lots of bubbles and organic ingredients. “It took months of learning and failing until we had a bar we all liked, but we were eventually successful!” Marisa said with a smile. “Not only did our skin look and feel better, but the kids loved to help measure the ingredients and pick out new scents.”
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 Judy Gremaud started Kosuma Energy Bars in May of 2012 in London, ON, after being inspired to create her own energy bars which would fit her family’s dietary needs. The bars became popular among Judy’s family and friends, who encouraged her to create a business based on the energy bars. Family friend Ephie Smith then joined the company in August of 2012, after offering to help Judy with the business. Ephie was a stay-at-home mom who was running childcare out of her home, and she noticed how busy Judy was with her new business venture. “The childcare group that I had was every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so I just offered the time that I was available,” said Ephie. “It started out just as a day here and a day there, and then in September she asked if I could come on a little bit more often.”
 For many years Marc Twarowski’s grandmother (or Babcia in Polish) sold her homemade pierogies to family and friends in Southern Poland, and she continued to do so after immigrating to Canada. Marc and his wife Krystal had both worked in the hospitality industry for over 25 years, and when COVID hit they wanted to brainstorm a business idea they could try. “We said why don’t we sell pierogies, because this is something that we kind of have with our family,” said Marc. “It’s all family recipes and things we share with people, but now we can make it official and with actual branding behind it.”
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