I had the most amazing English teacher in high school. The reason I loved him was because of his gifted story telling; the stories were thought provoking, honest, and inspiring. His stories are burned in my memory over twenty years later and inspired me to think...

One in five Canadians will experience a mental health issue or mental illness in any given year. But we all have mental health that we need to look after. All five in five of us. For 10 years, Canadians and people around the globe have joined in the world’s largest...

After witnessing significant anxiety attacks, multiple staff committed to mental health facilities, seizures at work, and more than 1 attempted suicide over 12 months, we really wanted to DO something to work with our staff through times of crisis. Maintaining a...

Over the last 5 years, The Raw Carrot has been working to find ways for our customers to have better access to our handcrafted soups. Initially sold at local fairs and Marker's Markets, our soup sales then expanded to select Farmboy locations and locally owned gourmet...

While in many ways the Raw Carrot looks like a business, our model is geared entirely to creating paid employment and opportunities for social inclusion for people in need. Yes we sell soup...and the soup brings in income. But we are still a charity that is just...

In true mom form, I spoke to Melanie as she was busy with her daughter that was home sick from school that day. This is a working mother of three wonderful children (Caleb, 12, Jocelyn, 10, and Alexandra, 5) managing the tricky juggling act of family life and work....

A little while ago, I went for a walk with Jim Estill - a Canadian entrepreneur, executive and Philanthropist, who is currently the President and CEO of Danby Appliances. I wanted to pick his brain on social enterprise growth for The Raw Carrot. Jim's advice to scale?...

Nick came into work recently moaning and groaning. So much so that Kitchen Manger Jenn Klassen thought that he might have fallen on the way to work. Nope! She was dead wrong. Nick relayed that he had spent the previous evening at a family wedding and was painfully...

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