Meet the 2023 Path to Prosperity Business Competition Winners!
Four Winds Farm
Four Winds Farm, Haines, owned by Sally Boisvert, grows, washes, packs and delivers fresh, naturally-grown produce within their local area including Haines, Mosquito Lake and Klukwan, Alaska. Development of the farmland began in 2009 from second-growth forest in the Moose Valley near Mosquito Lake, with produce sales beginning in 2013. Each year the farm has expanded to meet more of the demand for fresh produce in the upper Lynn Canal. With a Path to Prosperity Business Competition Award, the farm will develop a plastic-free plant nursery and expand its vegetable production area to grow more produce.
Muskeg Munchkins
Muskeg Munchkins Baby Boutique, Juneau, owned by Holly Adams, is a start-up that will offer a centrally located retail store featuring a diverse range of locally made, sustainable and organic baby, maternity and breastfeeding products. As a solution to the limited availability and scattered distribution of such items in Juneau, the store aims to provide a convenient one-stop-shop for parents, eliminating the need to search all over town or having to wait weeks for essential items in the mail. Muskeg Munchkins also will run an online store, allowing them to provide products to neighboring communities with limited resources for babies and parents.
Adventure Harvest
Adventure Harvest, Haines, owned by Tawny Darling and Robert Chadwell, is inspired by love for their town and surrounding wilderness, and hand harvests and uses local ingredients to make unique spice mixes, sauces, syrups, jellies and more. When Adventure Harvest began their business, they sold our products at the farmers market with hand-written labels tied on the bottles with ribbons. They are very proud of how our business and our products have evolved. With Spruce Root, they will continue learning and growing as a business and as individuals. They could not be more excited for this award and the opportunities it opens up for them.