Sixteen companies, the same trades, the same suppliers, the same freight lanes.

Lynn and Liana make serveware in Steinbach using EcoPoxy, a bio-based resin made from agricultural oils that was invented on a Manitoba Hutterite colony. The raw material comes from a field. The design came from a kitchen table. The product ships worldwide.

A spreadsheet would never file that under agribusiness. It is exactly the story of this region: take what the land grows, make it better than anyone expects, and stay.