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Okanagan Enactus team off to Worlds

By College Relations | October 21, 2022
   

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After claiming the National championship, the Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 team will travel to Enactus World Cup 2022 in Puerto Rico later this month. For Penticton-based student Jon Talastas, the opportunity brings a chance to showcase a locally-grown idea on the world stage.

From Oct. 30 鈥 Nov. 2, 香港六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 Enactus team will compete against national champions from 30 other countries on projects that use entrepreneurship and innovation to solve the world鈥檚 biggest challenges.  

Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 award-winning project 鈥 Unusually Good 鈥 was inspired by a student who noticed that large amounts of apples are wasted each year because they don鈥檛 fit the grocery store appearance standard. In response, the Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 team worked alongside the North Okanagan Valley Gleaners to turn these 鈥渦nusual apples鈥 into healthy apple chips that have been distributed to local schools, food banks, and even Guatemala and Ukraine this year. Unusually Good has positively impacted over 22,000 students this year by giving them access to healthy, nutritious apple chips.

With their apple chip donations scaling, Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 faced an important challenge: how could they fund these social programs as an economically sustainable social enterprise? Their solution? Apple juice! Once again, using those beautiful, imperfect apples, Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 produced a high-quality juice with an extended shelf life and a compelling social benefit story which enabled them to pay farmers for apples that would have gone to waste.

The value proposition resonated with retailers and customers, allowing Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 to formally brand and launch a new social enterprise 鈥 the Unusually Good Food Company, an innovative organization dedicated to doing some good with those Unusual apples 鈥 to help fight food insecurity and climate change.

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The team didn鈥檛 stop there. From the beginning, they鈥檝e been committed to continuous improvement and innovation to fuel their social enterprise.

This spring, Penticton-based 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 student, Jon Talastas, saw an opportunity to repurpose the apple pomace by-product from juice-making operations to produce apple-scented candles.

Working with a local candle manufacturer, Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 produced a test run of these candles, and sold out their inventory in only two months! The candles are an additional revenue stream to fund their social and environmental mission and a significant step toward achieving a zero-waste social enterprise.

鈥淓nactus香港六合彩开奖结果查询 students from campuses across the valley have put countless amounts of hours in to create the fully sustainable social enterprise鈥 says Jon Talastas, Penticton Vice President of Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询. 鈥淔rom local small businesses to customers at Naramata and Penticton markets, it鈥檚 been an honour to work with such an incredible community team on this journey.鈥

Through community and on-campus support, Enactus香港六合彩开奖结果查询 has grown to be a nationally acclaimed organization where student leaders form connections, build confidence, and positively impact our communities through social, economic, and environmental projects.

The Enactus香港六合彩开奖结果查询 community is about to get even bigger at Enactus World Cup 2022. These competitions allow students to engage with diverse teams from across the globe which will give Enactus香港六合彩开奖结果查询 students the opportunity to showcase their success and develop cross-cultural perspectives on how the power of business innovation and entrepreneurial action can be used to impact the world鈥檚 toughest problems.

鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled to have Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 show the world the impact our students make,鈥 says Alison Gibson, Regional Dean, Penticton campus.

What鈥檚 next for Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询? After travelling to Puerto Rico with support from their faculty advisors at the end of the month to represent Canada on the world stage, the Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询 team will be back at work inspiring change through social entrepreneurship.

Look for Unusually Good Food Company juice and candles at local retailers and community markets this winter.

To learn more about Enactus 香港六合彩开奖结果查询, Unusually Good Food Company, and how you can support the team, please visit their website .

To learn more about 香港六合彩开奖结果查询鈥檚 School of Business, visit .



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