Friday Food Forum.
Your space, your voice.
Every Friday Food Forum is an act of solidarity. It’s an hour where the people who actually feed this country stop working in isolation, show up for each other, and get the attention, answers, and community they deserve.
Small food manufacturers are constantly talked at and rarely listened to. Industry noise, government policy, and market forces move around them but rarely with them.
The Friday Food Forum is different.
It gives members direct access to industry experts on the real issues affecting their businesses. It gives them space to ask the questions they can’t ask anywhere else. It gives them a platform to share what’s working and what isn’t.
We Feed Canada. And on Fridays, we show up together.
Next event:
Friday, June 19
9 am PT | 10 am MT | 11 am CT | 12 pm ET | 1 pm AT | 1:30 pm NL
Bring your questions. Bring your frustrations. Bring what’s keeping you up at night.
The Weight Behind the Work
A conversation about the pressures of building a food business, and how we keep going
Running a food business means carrying a lot at once: Long hours, constant uncertainty, rising costs, isolation, and the pressure to make it work… even when you’re exhausted.
For this edition of Friday Food Forum, we’re joined by Stephanie Markakis-Plouffe for an open, honest conversation about the emotional realities of entrepreneurship in the food industry, and the tools, habits, and support systems that help founders stay grounded while building something sustainable.
Together, we’ll talk about burnout, overwhelm, decision fatigue, identity, resilience, and the often invisible weight carried by small food business owners every day.
Whether you’re just starting out or years into the journey, this session is about reminding food entrepreneurs that they are not alone and that building a business shouldn’t come at the cost of yourself.
