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Ep102- Strengthening Communities in the Amazon + Ohio - Evan of Peaceful Fruits
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:27:08
Publish Date: 2016-07-21 09:30:59
Description:

Evan Delahanty is one of the few people I know who has lived in the the middle of the Amazon Rainforest. I mean taking a canoe 3 hours UP river. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Suriname, he learned a language that only 26,000 people speak (Saramaccan)!

After completing his mission, he was looking for a way to stay in touch and help the community. He choose Açaí as the vehicle to accomplish that.

Evan founded Peaceful Fruits, a snack company that makes delicious organic fruit snacks that create jobs for people with disabilities in Akron while helping to protect the Amazon Rainforest. I LOVE how he is helping two distinct communities!!

Peaceful Fruits is currently in about 50 stores and working hard to scale up. Evan shares his journey:

  • How he got his company off the ground
  • Sourcing in Suriname / wild harvesting
  • How to maintain consistency with an artisan product
  • The joys and business advantages of working with the developmentally disabled
  • All about Açaí, the superfruit
  • How to scale up when working in a remote part of the world
  • Why timing is crucial to success
  • When to involve a famous celebrity from Akron, Ohio (hint: he's very athletic)
  • The two types of people in the world
  • The Crowdfunding campaign coming up
  • Plans to scale up the company in U.S.

Selected links from the show: Peaceful Fruits Cleveland Culinary Launch Kuli Kuli Foods Saramaccan language Lebron James Foundation Cornell University Food Lab

 
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