Edacious - Food Talk For Gluttons

047 - Juliet Wiebe-King, East Bali Cashews

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Community Work. Meet Juliet Wiebe-King, head of marketing and social media for East Bali Cashews, a division of Red River Foods. An entirely new type of company with a community-centric business model. Completely sustainable with zero waste and a tiny carbon footprint.  The ultimate in buy local. Gourmet cashew snacks as an economic savior? It's possible. Just ask founder Aaron Fishman. Bali? I'll admit, given my mission and region, when Juliet emailed I wasn't sure. I get a lot of emails from folks selling a lot of products. But then I looked at the website and watched this video. I knew I had to talk with her. Because it's an amazing story. A graduate of UVA, Juliet studied marketing and management and majored in anthropology. Hooray for humanities majors! She is now in charge of sales and marketing for East Bali and a perfect spokesperson to spread their mission of social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Red River Foods is a leading importer of cashew nuts in the United States. All of their oth