North Folk Cafe is a Canadian cafe and Artisan gift market in a heritage town of Perth, ON. North Folk Cafe offers the largest variety of Artizen Kombucha on tap and in bottles, locally roasted espresso and a seasonally inspired food & beverage menu.

Dasha Smolentseva is the co-founder of Artizen Kombucha since 2012. Covid presented unique challenges and disrupted usual supply chains for Artizen Kombucha in March 2020. Dasha saw an opportunity in uniting with other local artisan makers, combining these offers into Bubbles & Bites boxes and delivering them to Ottawa & surrounding areas. This move saved Artizen

 Kombucha, brought beloved products from rural area directly to customers in urban areas and even saw an increase in overall revenue.

Furthermore, right in the heat of the pandemic in July 2020 Dasha took over a cafe that closed in downtown Perth during that time and gave it a new life, letting it become the retail

front for Artizen Kombucha, as well as all the local products included in Bubbles & Bites Boxes. 

The time of change has brought challenges and opportunities, but being rooted and connected to your community of customers, as well as being determined and not giving up has been the success story behind Artizen Kombucha & North Folk Cafe. 

Winner of the Breakthrough award 2020- Perth and District Chamber of Commerce

Nominated for the 40 under 40- Ottawa Business Journal

Small Business Advisory Centre (Smiths Falls/Lanark County/north Leeds Grenville) provided invaluable support and access to mentors, free advice with professionals such as lawyers and a branding consultant, Loved being part of the Starter Company Plus Program, without this support, we would have felt lost and it gave us much confidence in moving forward with our business, pivoting and looking at ways we can do things better! 

Contact information

Website:

www.northfolkcafe.ca

www.artizenkombucha.ca

Instagram

@northfolkcafe

@artizenkombucha

 

 

 

 

Cashmere and Rose, this month’s Featured Business, is a gift and floral boutique located in the charming town of Almonte, ON. The store offers a variety of unique gifts and creates classic floral designs that add “purpose and grace for you and your space”. Owned and operated by Angie Goodfellow, Cashmere and Rose evolved from a previously operational giftware business called Keepsakes, which was purchased by Goodfellow in 2017. The business has been re-branded to reflect Goodfellow’s brand identity and to incorporate her new vision for the floral component of the business, bringing in elements of the trade passed on by her mother. While purchasing an existing business may seem ideal, there are still many unique hurdles to be overcome. One must tread a fine line between honouring the past yet creating a new vision for the future. Encourage loyal customers to remain, while enticing newcomers to explore. This has been achieved by Angie Goodfellow of Cashmere and Rose and the reception by the community has been profound, especially considering the economic struggles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As many business owners can attest, navigating the regional and provincial restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic has been a whirlwind. To adapt, Goodfellow says it has been essential to “remain optimistic and actively problem solve” to stay ahead of the curveballs being hurled as small businesses. Like many affected by the pandemic, Goodfellow has been required to make unfortunate staffing changes to survive. This has caused a large reduction in resources, namely, the friendly, welcoming personalities of her highly valued team members and the knowledge,

skills, and rapport they individually brought to Cashmere and Rose. To stay afloat, Goodfellow has streamlined her store offerings, boosted her social media presence, and encouraged delivery and shipment of products.

In 2020, Goodfellow was accepted into the Starter Company Plus program, an entrepreneurial initiative created by the government of Ontario and lead by the Small Business Advisory Centre of Smiths Falls/Lanark County/North Leeds & Grenville. The two-stage competitive program incorporates participation in a Business Plan Bootcamp and the chance to win a small business grant and group

 coaching sessions with a certified business coach. Goodfellow says the program has helped her connect with like-minded individuals and motivated her to look at her business and move forward and continue to commit to her business. The program has also inspired the entrepreneurial spirit once more, with Goodfellow hinting towards an expansion of the new business in the works.

 

Owner: Angie Goodfellow

Cashmere and Rose

102 Mill Street Almonte ON K0A1A0

(613) 256-1594

 

https://cashmereandrose.ca/

 

Can you identify a time or event in your life or career that provided you with an epiphany that was a game changer, fundamentally shifting the way you would continue down your path? Lori Hanna had this moment in 2010, halfway through her career. It was a moment that defied all logical, linear thought and language, and at the same time, it felt utterly, undeniably right. There was no turning back, this was it, this would define how she now spends the next phase of her career and further education. This path is applying John F. Barnes’ Myofascial Release (“MFR”).

This first experience with Myofascial Release (MFR) completely altered Lori’s viewpoint on her treatment approach. When receiving MFR treatments, the profound effects felt through her body immediately felt like they were part of a natural wisdom, a way of healing; that her body could do what it needed to do, if she let go and trusted the process. Imagine realizing a paradigm shift so strong that your belief system stemming from the time you were a child is blown out of the water; that what you thought you knew as your weaknesses you now know are strengths. MFR treats the whole person and must be experienced for its profound, life changing effects to be truly understood.

After a decade of working with MFR, and continually training to advance in the technique, Lori has made her practice exclusive to it. She finds it helpful in resolving longstanding patterns of pain and/or reduced function and mobility. She has a passion for bringing about positive change for clients by providing what could be considered the missing link in their current healthcare regimen. Lori has seen that MFR can enhance and provide maximum benefit to an already established massage or chiropractic treatment schedule, or as a subsequent effort to break a plateau in progress.

Known for her love of the lake, Lori can be found spending quality time with her family there, swimming and paddle boarding. A tremendous appreciator of great music, and good food, photography and the outdoors, Lori loves discovering new places to go, but she still loves the beauty of Eastern Ontario. She is always looking for ways to gain perspective on life through striving to be grounded, mindful, and come from a place of gratitude for even the simple joys experienced every day.

Lori Hanna R.M.T.,
Intermediate level John F. Barnes Myofascial Release Practitioner.
Senior Registered Massage Therapist at Smiths Falls Family Chiropractic and Wellness since 2001.
CMTO member in good standing since 2001.
2001 Graduate of Sutherland Chan, Toronto.

Contact:
Smiths Falls Family Chiropractic
22 William St. W.,
Smiths Falls, ON.
613.283.4100
www.smithsfallschiropractic.ca

 

Blue Door Spa is located in the beautiful town of Smiths Falls. We opened August 1^st of this year and have been embraced warmly by the community. Elise Harding, the owner, has been in esthetics for almost 12 years. She has a passion for the field and being able to bring a little joy into her client’s lives.

The idea of the blue door came from a folklore she had come across once. It stated that if you saw a house with a blue door it was a sign you were welcome to come in! She also recognized the fact that many spas cater to only women and wanted to create a place where everyone, including men and children, would feel welcome as well. Her goal was to create a homey and warm atmosphere where people felt comfortable and relaxed.

Blue Door Spa proudly carries Eminence Organics skin care line, Bio Sculpture Gel, as well as many different locally made products. We believe in small businesses supporting small businesses and try to help endorse buying from local artisans in the Ottawa area. We offer a wide range of services from manicures and pedicures, waxing and sugaring, facials and body treatments, and lash extensions just to name a few! Our estheticians are all professionally certified and strive to make every clients experience amazing!

Dark Traveler SEO and Copywriting is a new business based in Smiths Falls offering consultations to improve business’s online rankings. With expertise on various aspects of search engine optimization, we at Dark Traveler SEO will find the perfect way to maximize traffic to your website. Our aim is to take the guesswork of SEO and the algorithms that are ever changing. Whether you want to go global or stay local, Dark Traveler SEO and Copywriting offers a wide range of campaigns that have worked for other companies as well as brand new strategies to reflect the ever-changing industry.

Dark Traveler SEO and Copywriting is fully owned by Derick Johnson who has experience in implementing SEO strategies to various business and organizations on a part time basis having been fully responsible for large scale, long and short term SEO operations after working as an implementation consultant with the University of Toronto. He holds a degree in History and Geography as well as a certificate in ESL from the University of Arizona, which as aided him in his pursuit by being an effective communicator of various SEO strategies. He also holds a certificate in SEO from the University of California Davis and is dedicated to honing his craft in this industry.

Whether you’re just starting your business or already have a solid consumer base, everyone could do with a boost. Dark Traveler SEO will help guide you through the turbid waters of search engine’s algorithms and lead you the fertile pastures of higher rankings and more clicks to your website. So don’t wait and languish in the backwaters of bad SEO and lose business because of it. Explore the possibilities of SEO and see for yourself what it can do for you. We at Dark Traveler SEO will help guide you through the process of having great SEO that will please both the bots that index the web and your customers alike. Don’t wait! Get your free site audit today at www.darktravelerseo.com and give us a like on Facebook at Dark Traveler SEO and Copywriting. Explore new possibilities with great SEO and let Dark Traveler lead the way.

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Flint and Honey is a modern boutique shop located at 42 Gore Street in Downtown Heritage Perth, ON.

The shop carries a variety of quality baby clothing and accessories, women’s clothing and accessories and handmade natural body products. Flint and Honey’s focus is on carrying quality Canadian made products while offering unique services to the public such as a baby registry and a unique personal shopping service.

For more details, visit https://flintandhoney.com/

 

Rock-N-Horse Farm

Arlee and Diane Sheets are farming land that has been in Diane’s family since 1922.  They raise Lynch Line Back cattle, Hampshire pigs, Canadian Horses, Percheron horses, Suffolk sheep, turkeys , Yellow Hungarian chickens.  They also grow heritage tomatoes,  potato and peppers along with other vegetables. They like to keep things as natural as possible so don’t use pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics or hormones.

If you’re looking for beef, pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, eggs, jams, jellies, honey, maple syrup, preserves or fresh vegetables give them a call or check out their website at www.rocknhorsefarm.ca.