Speaker: Carol Tyler Session: Ontario’s Immigrant Entrepreneurs - Cultivating a Patchwork Quilt of Ethnic Foods

1. Rural
Entrepreneurs
Advancing
Prosperity
REAPontario
inspiring
immigrant
innovation
BRING FOOD HOME
November 17, 2013
Project of OMAF-MRA
New Directions Research Fund and
Workforce Planning Boards - Ontario

2. Making success happen!
 Real
agri-food sector businesses – Real
people with real business stories
 Using
value-added contributions to
create positive change for families,
businesses and business partners and
community well-being
 Shaping the
solutions

3. Business Stories
 Canada-China Agriculture
and Food
Development Exchange Centre – Youming Zhao
 Laza Catering – Melku Gebrekristos
 FarmStart – Sri Sethuratnam
 Vege-Hut – Michael Harris
 Ulett’s Pride – Janet Ulett
 Ontario Immigrant Network
[OIN] – Rodolfo Martinez

4. http://www.ccagr.com/
Canadian Agritours to China
Repr. Your Products in Asia
Investment Opportunities
China's Agr/Agri-Food Events
Giving Back to Communities
CCAgr's Team
Sell Your Farm/Ag Bus
Consulting Services
President's Bio
Canadian Food Store
R & D Support
News Releases Today
China Agri-news
Client Testimony
Our Past Newsletters

5. Eritrean / Ethiopian Cuisine
Enjoy the Great Taste of
East Africa from Local Produce
LAZA CATERING
Melku Gebrekristos

6. FarmStart

7. Vege Hut

8. Ulett’s Pride
Thursday, February, 21, 2013 - 10:10:50 AM
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African Caribbean food, music and dance
People are invited to celebrate Black History Month with a taste of
Caribbean and east African food, music and dance at a special
event Feb. 23.
The African Caribbean event, hosted by Ulett’s Pride Kitchen and
Laza Catering, is being held at the Polish Hall, 5 Empire St., from 7
p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Tickets are available at the
Guelph Farmers’ Market or
at 543 Speedvale Ave. E.
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For more information,
call Laza Catering at 519-731-2204
or Ulett’s at 519-546-6599.
Hillside Festival

9. Ontario Immigrant Network
Successful immigrant entrepreneur Shawn Lee, a South Korean immigrant who successfully
manages the Pantry Mart in Aylmer Ontario.

10. Ontario Immigrant Network

11. REAPontario Research Project

12. Why, who so far

13. You are the difference

14. Prosperity in new ways
REAPontario
carol 1-519-822-1084/1-519-994-3242/1-855-629-3082 [msgs only]
Project of OMAF-MRA New Directions Research Fund + Workforce Planning Boards – Ontario
along with 1600 grass-roots stakeholders
[Three year initiative **** Province-wide]