BEST Way to Keep Your Fruits & Veggies FRESH | VeggiDome Interview - GreenBusinessImpact

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But for a majority of the 8 billion people on this earth, most of the time, those fruits and veggie. 3 00:00:17,970.5575 --> 00:00:26,36.283125 Took a lot of carbon and resources to bring them from the farm to your refrigerator, only to spoil. 4 00:00:26,46.283125 --> 00:00:38,62.949791667 However, Duncan Burns my guest today on the GreenBusinessImpact podcast has created a solution to all of that food waste with his invention called the Fruit and Veggie Keeper. 5 00:00:38,72.949791667 --> 00:00:47,572.949791667 So make sure you stick around for this entire interview to hear the story behind VeggiDome and the future for veggies and fruits with a lot less waste. 6 00:01:23,522.439587585 --> 00:01:27,62.439587585 do you mind telling us a bit about Veggidome and what you guys do? Great. 7 00:01:27,115.001945862 --> 00:01:33,736.43051729 Veggidome is a company that is making a product that is now being called the Fruit and Veggie Keeper. 8 00:01:33,741.43051729 --> 00:01:41,265.06997307 And I designed it to make it so that my kids would come home from school and have fresh vegetables and fruit out on the table. 9 00:01:41,385.06997307 --> 00:01:42,505.06997307 And you know how it is when. 10 00:01:42,515.06997307 --> 00:01:53,610.44412273 Kids or anybody comes into the kitchen and they see something on the counter, that's fair game, right? when it's in the cabinets or in the fridge, it's out of sight, out of mind, right? I figured I could try to make something that. 11 00:01:53,765.44412273 --> 00:01:55,745.44412273 Would be similar to a greenhouse. 12 00:01:55,805.44412273 --> 00:02:01,362.25818169 And when I was a kid, my older brother and I built a greenhouse and put orchids in there. 13 00:02:01,632.25818169 --> 00:02:04,263.59605017 And he had this real cool idea. 14 00:02:04,593.59605017 --> 00:02:10,503.59605017 Instead of having orchids in potted plants, he actually took the orchids out and made it like their real nature. 15 00:02:10,713.59605017 --> 00:02:14,883.59605017 They actually have their roots clinging onto bark of trees. 16 00:02:15,213.59605017 --> 00:02:26,671.61192319 So orchids grew up in trees and I asked him if the roots are holding onto the bark so they can hold onto the tree, how the drinking water, right? Because we're always thinking that roots and wa are drinking water. 17 00:02:26,671.61192319 --> 00:02:31,31.61192319 He said they're drinking water through the pores of their leaves. 18 00:02:31,331.61192319 --> 00:02:38,111.61192319 So I learned from my older brother while we were making this greenhouse that plants can live on water in the. 19 00:02:38,621.61192319 --> 00:02:45,571.61192319 So fast forward 30 years later when I'm trying to make it so these vegetables would be fresh for my kids after they come over to school. 20 00:02:45,581.61192319 --> 00:02:53,275.51214994 I realized that if I used the same type of concept of humidity with the plants, but maybe vegetables can survive too. 21 00:02:53,575.51214994 --> 00:02:55,465.51214994 So that's what I did. 22 00:02:55,585.51214994 --> 00:02:58,509.0155513 And I put like a different, a bunch of things. 23 00:02:58,509.0155513 --> 00:03:03,399.0155513 I was messing around in the kitchen, putting bowls together and lasagna dishes and things like that. 24 00:03:03,769.0155513 --> 00:03:15,119.02688917 And what I came up with though was an idea that, okay, if it's covered and my kids keep on opening it up, they're gonna leave the lid out on the table and the rest of it's gonna get spoiled. 25 00:03:15,124.02688917 --> 00:03:25,150.69355584 I'll make it like a cookie jar that they reach into, and I have one right here so I can show you exactly what I mean is that it is a very specific shape that I've got here. 26 00:03:25,510.69355584 --> 00:03:27,460.69355584 It's open on the bottom. 27 00:03:27,470.69355584 --> 00:03:28,910.69355584 And it's open on the top. 28 00:03:28,920.69355584 --> 00:03:29,940.69355584 And the top part. 29 00:03:30,90.69355584 --> 00:03:33,390.69355584 You open it up and you can reach in and grab vegetables. 30 00:03:33,690.69355584 --> 00:03:36,390.69355584 Here's a cucumber, see? Alright. 31 00:03:36,570.69355584 --> 00:03:39,274.58244473 And they can grab it and then they put the lid back on. 32 00:03:39,294.38970096 --> 00:03:43,254.38970096 and when you hear that clinking noise down the hall, you go, oh good. 33 00:03:43,254.38970096 --> 00:03:45,144.38970096 They're eating something good right now. 34 00:03:45,154.38970096 --> 00:03:46,614.38970096 Whatever they're doing in the kitchen's fine. 35 00:03:46,644.38970096 --> 00:03:47,426.99741071 It's healthy for 'em. 36 00:03:47,432.31487103 --> 00:03:58,950.64820437 The interesting thing is that, because I made this lid on the top for them to reach in, it allowed a thing called ethylene gas to escape and plants vegetables. 37 00:03:58,960.64820437 --> 00:04:07,916.79332908 Produce, they emit ethylene gas as part of a growth hormone, but also it's something that makes them spoil faster if they're in containers. 38 00:04:07,916.79332908 --> 00:04:09,566.79332908 And here we are in America. 39 00:04:09,571.79332908 --> 00:04:18,706.79332908 We've got all these plastic bags with vegetables that we throw in the refrigerator and it's twisted at clothes and the ethylene gas is in there, spoiling them. 40 00:04:18,946.79332908 --> 00:04:23,956.79332908 And we're throwing away 40% of our vegetables from our fridge that we buy in the store. 41 00:04:24,76.79332908 --> 00:04:25,36.79332908 Perfect vegetables. 42 00:04:25,396.79332908 --> 00:04:26,176.79332908 Bring 'em home. 43 00:04:26,576.79332908 --> 00:04:27,586.79332908 Put 'em in the fridge. 44 00:04:27,856.79332908 --> 00:04:31,250.18335176 Maybe we don't see 'em for a couple days, and all of a sudden they're spoiled. 45 00:04:31,310.18335176 --> 00:04:45,90.18335176 So what I was able to do is not just solve a problem of having vegetable snacks for my kids, I actually made a better place for vegetables to be than in a harsh environment, which is the refrigerator now. 46 00:04:45,100.18335176 --> 00:04:46,690.18335176 Not competing with refrigerator. 47 00:04:46,870.18335176 --> 00:04:57,495.98834042 You still have the refrigerator, but what this is like a display of the vegetables that you have cleaned, trimmed, and put in here just to grab and eat, just like I did with that cucumber. 48 00:04:57,562.28085743 --> 00:05:00,894.86589144 So I look at the refrigerator as that's where all the. 49 00:05:01,279.95659439 --> 00:05:13,388.5416284 Unwashed vegetables are, and then when you want to eat them in the next couple days, you pull 'em out, instead of just one carrot that you glean, you take the whole bag out and you trim off the ends and you wash 'em, drop 'em in the Veggidome. 50 00:05:13,638.5416284 --> 00:05:16,308.5416284 They could be good for a couple weeks, but the real. 51 00:05:16,615.15160573 --> 00:05:21,595.15160573 Thing is I've invented a new stance with vegetables and food. 52 00:05:21,605.15160573 --> 00:05:27,425.15160573 It's that you're looking at what you're gonna be eating in the next two, three days, and if you. 53 00:05:27,435.15160573 --> 00:05:30,615.15160573 End up having stay in there for five or six or seven days. 54 00:05:30,945.15160573 --> 00:05:37,411.81827239 They still stay, not just fresh, they stay alive and they're actually growing on the table. 55 00:05:37,621.81827239 --> 00:05:38,821.81827239 Let me quickly lift out. 56 00:05:39,31.81827239 --> 00:05:44,206.81827239 This is a piece of lettuce that's been in there for about a week and it just, Perfect. 57 00:05:44,256.81827239 --> 00:05:48,461.98834042 I can't really have you feel it yourself, but it's damp to the touch. 58 00:05:48,791.98834042 --> 00:06:04,877.37382795 The surface of the vegetables are damp inside here, and it's a protected environment so it stays clean, but also that moisture that's coating them all the time, just barely is keeping them alive in their living. 59 00:06:04,877.37382795 --> 00:06:07,997.37382795 And actually, some of the lettuce will start growing up like this after a while. 60 00:06:08,2.37382795 --> 00:06:08,902.37382795 I've told you a lot. 61 00:06:08,902.37382795 --> 00:06:19,135.70716128 You asked me one question, how did it really start? Again it started with trying to solve snack problems with my kids, but actually I solved bigger problems than that, which is. 62 00:06:19,342.37382795 --> 00:06:26,597.37382795 trying to cut down on food waste and having vegetables and food available so that we eat it more in our daily lives. 63 00:06:26,607.37382795 --> 00:06:31,508.92711593 So Billy, this has been a really long journey of mine. 64 00:06:31,847.72530187 --> 00:06:35,177.72530187 I actually invented it 15 years ago when my kids were a lot younger. 65 00:06:35,417.72530187 --> 00:06:40,754.82280754 Now my son is in college, and when he's home from college, I have to fill the thing up almost every other day. 66 00:06:41,54.82280754 --> 00:06:45,221.01328373 So people ask how long does it last? It'll last about 48 hours cuz it gets eaten up. 67 00:06:45,226.01328373 --> 00:06:47,116.01328373 That's what the real device is. 68 00:06:47,116.01328373 --> 00:06:50,636.01328373 It's not something that you want to keep vegetables, and that's the thing. 69 00:06:50,696.01328373 --> 00:06:53,306.01328373 We're not buying vegetables to store them. 70 00:06:53,606.01328373 --> 00:06:56,216.01328373 We're buying them to eat, and we're not eating them. 71 00:06:56,216.01328373 --> 00:07:00,56.01328373 We're not handling them in a really plant positive way. 72 00:07:00,236.01328373 --> 00:07:02,221.01328373 So we're ending up throwing a lot away. 73 00:07:02,311.01328373 --> 00:07:11,364.83414541 And we're also in the United States, and these are things I've learned as I've, grown my company as I've gotten more interested in, fruits and vegetables in our nation. 74 00:07:11,416.61419076 --> 00:07:18,348.67768282 Only 10% of the country are eating what the FDA or the CD C is recommending. 75 00:07:18,588.67768282 --> 00:07:24,71.60285289 The national government is recommending a certain number of vegetables that you eat every day in America. 76 00:07:24,311.60285289 --> 00:07:29,150.35568736 We're getting a bad F And guess what? You walk around, people are not. 77 00:07:29,879.09718396 --> 00:07:50,835.43505244 And there's a huge problem with type two diabetes, heart disease even cancer, that if you look at, these are the things that I, again, I've been learning as I've been selling this product is something that can potentially help change the home front and have vegetables more on a daily basis and available that. 78 00:07:50,904.63006378 --> 00:08:01,44.63006378 It's something that if you do eat more vegetables, there are scientific and peer-reviewed studies that are showing that you can reverse the type two diabetes. 79 00:08:01,344.63006378 --> 00:08:05,963.70035856 You can reverse the cancer problems in many of the cancers and the heart disease. 80 00:08:05,963.70035856 --> 00:08:17,868.77972364 Obviously, if you really eat a really good vegetable diet and with a lot of fiber and there's all this concepts of your biome inside your stomach, inside is really something that. 81 00:08:17,900.24230867 --> 00:08:24,191.2400411 A little bit abusing because we're just tossing in whatever, processed foods and burgers and things like that. 82 00:08:24,341.2400411 --> 00:08:33,668.40557398 And it tastes good when you first eat 'em, but then when they're in your stomach you can tell, like you eat a big burger and after lunch about an hour later, you feel a little bit knocked out. 83 00:08:33,673.40557398 --> 00:08:37,33.40557398 It's because your body is having a really difficult time with that thing. 84 00:08:37,423.40557398 --> 00:08:48,506.73890731 And if you eat more vegetables and fruit, you actually have an energy level that is raised that is vibrant and it's because you're healthier anyway. 85 00:08:48,656.73890731 --> 00:08:53,175.78652636 So that's one of the things that I've been doing as a journey towards. 86 00:08:53,565.78652636 --> 00:09:08,557.14707058 This greenhouse when I was a kid, to having my kids be able to have something that's a snack on the table to now launching a company that's gonna be going towards not just selling this product, but also discussing food itself. 87 00:09:08,767.14707058 --> 00:09:11,437.14707058 The science of food, the future of food. 88 00:09:11,737.14707058 --> 00:09:16,192.02235402 I think the future of food is gonna be getting back towards getting. 89 00:09:16,232.02235402 --> 00:09:18,903.76838577 Whole vegetables, whole foods diet. 90 00:09:19,263.76838577 --> 00:09:20,833.74571003 And I don't mean the whole foods market. 91 00:09:20,838.74571003 --> 00:09:23,898.74571003 plant-based Whole Foods is a real discipline. 92 00:09:23,958.74571003 --> 00:09:39,673.74571003 And people go, oh, is it vegan or not vegan? The term vegan is, misunderstood, okay? Because you're gonna have a vegan donut or vegan cookie or, and even vegan burgers nowadays, and those are not necessarily healthier for you. 93 00:09:39,740.44639031 --> 00:09:46,100.83187783 So I'm more adhering towards the whole food, plant-based types of foods that you get into your diet. 94 00:09:46,390.83187783 --> 00:09:48,640.83187783 And again, you don't have to be some. 95 00:09:48,990.83187783 --> 00:09:54,953.66634495 Purest and you don't have to look down on people if they eat something like a cheeseburger or something like that. 96 00:09:55,313.66634495 --> 00:09:59,600.74117489 I just think we eat more vegetables, eat more fruit in your diet. 97 00:09:59,630.74117489 --> 00:10:02,390.74117489 And you know what happens is you start craving that too. 98 00:10:02,420.74117489 --> 00:10:05,90.74117489 You start going, oh, I really feel like a good apple right now. 99 00:10:05,180.74117489 --> 00:10:05,430.72983702 Sweet. 100 00:10:05,430.72983702 --> 00:10:08,51.2400411 Billy, what other questions might you have? Cuz I'm. 101 00:10:08,61.2400411 --> 00:10:16,101.2400411 Again, I've been making this my life's work now and this kind of fun invention that I'm, that I did is now patented. 102 00:10:16,101.2400411 --> 00:10:25,418.66634495 We've got a utility patent on it and we're gonna be scaling production this year and and really starting to talk about the future of food and how we can handle it better. 103 00:10:25,487.81600482 --> 00:10:26,267.81600482 Yeah, definitely. 104 00:10:26,267.81600482 --> 00:10:32,822.6799504 Food is just so important and because it takes so much energy and resources to really. 105 00:10:32,871.53482568 --> 00:10:37,521.53482568 Harvest food, get the food from the farm to the table and Right. 106 00:10:37,611.53482568 --> 00:10:43,8.65500709 Being able to make sure that food doesn't just spoil and go to waste is super important. 107 00:10:43,8.65500709 --> 00:10:52,913.05183248 So it is really awesome that you're able to, have this invention that not only, Keeps food longer, but allows us to see it That's a big part of it, right? It's about advertising, right. 108 00:10:52,980.14933815 --> 00:10:54,192.41691185 I look at this visually. 109 00:10:54,192.41691185 --> 00:11:03,162.41691185 People can understand this if they have a neighbor's apple tree hanging over their fence and all of a sudden there's all these apples that are in their yard. 110 00:11:03,211.26044926 --> 00:11:04,651.26044926 guess what? You end up eating a lot. 111 00:11:04,651.26044926 --> 00:11:07,381.26044926 Lot apples, right? You see food, you eat it. 112 00:11:07,411.26044926 --> 00:11:19,81.26044926 It's a human trait or a condition, but what we're doing is we're hiding most of our good food in the refrigerator, putting it in these drawers that you only see just because you happen to be going for something else. 113 00:11:19,91.26044926 --> 00:11:19,571.26044926 Right. 114 00:11:19,600.96566468 --> 00:11:20,20.96566468 Exactly. 115 00:11:20,21.30580074 --> 00:11:31,369.91124291 And a lot of these things, they're still in the bags or they're twisted up and it is just, they're not presented you don't go in the fridge and that's not like the first thing you see the milk jug or like in these other things, but you're not seeing the fruits and veggies cuz they're. 116 00:11:31,369.91124291 --> 00:11:34,19.91124291 Stored away in a drawer to keep 'em fresh as long as possible. 117 00:11:34,24.91124291 --> 00:11:36,311.22643566 But being able to remind yourself like, Hey, they're there. 118 00:11:36,311.22643566 --> 00:11:39,611.22643566 I would like some of those vegetables is super important too. 119 00:11:39,611.22643566 --> 00:11:40,743.24457625 So I think that's great. 120 00:11:40,743.24457625 --> 00:11:48,107.7570479 And especially replaces that idea from, oh, I need to have a cookie jar out on the table to a veggie jar right. 121 00:11:48,347.7570479 --> 00:11:50,567.7570479 It's a kind of a cookie jar for vegetables. 122 00:11:50,597.7570479 --> 00:11:51,792.9384538 And the, actually it's fun. 123 00:11:52,2.9384538 --> 00:11:56,32.91577806 As you walk by, you'll see some broccoli and some carrots and things like that. 124 00:11:56,37.91577806 --> 00:11:58,242.91577806 They actually, are doing really well. 125 00:11:58,272.91577806 --> 00:12:05,260.52348781 They're growing in there and also you can see if something is starting to turn a little bit yellow or something, then you, oh, I better eat that up. 126 00:12:05,350.52348781 --> 00:12:08,235.52348781 And so you are in fact, preemptively. 127 00:12:08,315.52348781 --> 00:12:15,160.36475765 Not throwing stuff away because it's advertising itself is saying, oh, I better get to that broccoli art, I better get to that lettuce. 128 00:12:15,550.36475765 --> 00:12:31,513.10852183 And it is a new way of displaying food, but it's a very positive way and it has really Ancient foundings of the fact that we used to a lot of times have food out on the table and in the pantry and everything, and now it's all put away. 129 00:12:31,518.10852183 --> 00:12:34,263.49400935 So we're wanting to bring the good stuff back out on the table. 130 00:12:34,263.49400935 --> 00:12:35,269.63913407 It's a lot of that. 131 00:12:35,269.63913407 --> 00:12:45,105.04729734 You know what, you see the more times you think about something, the more often you're going to subconsciously want that thing just because you've seen it more often. 132 00:12:45,133.09718396 --> 00:12:50,412.19015448 That's the whole point of like advertising on tv, right? These companies. 133 00:12:50,417.19015448 --> 00:13:02,697.19015448 Millions of dollars into these ads for TV commercials and all that kind of stuff, because they want you to see their brand because the next time you need that thing, you subconsciously think, oh, I know that brand. 134 00:13:02,697.19015448 --> 00:13:04,3.85682114 I'm gonna go purchase that. 135 00:13:04,34.72983702 --> 00:13:10,814.72983702 Now doing that with your fruits and veggies out on the table, you see them every single time you pass by in the kitchen. 136 00:13:10,994.72983702 --> 00:13:13,104.11759212 So you're thinking, okay, yeah, that's there. 137 00:13:13,104.11759212 --> 00:13:20,225.8862996 And your subconscious is taking that in, even though if you're not, Consciously aware of oh, hey, there's fruit or veggies on the counter. 138 00:13:20,495.8862996 --> 00:13:29,105.8862996 Even if you're in a rush, your brain still takes that in and it still subconsciously makes it a thought so that later in the day when you're like, oh, I need a snack. 139 00:13:29,110.8862996 --> 00:13:33,609.17428146 Hey, why not those cherry tomatoes that I put out in the Veggidome, it's a great way to have it. 140 00:13:33,679.46906604 --> 00:13:34,159.46906604 I love that. 141 00:13:34,309.46906604 --> 00:13:36,758.51668509 That's really, it's well put in two different ways. 142 00:13:36,758.51668509 --> 00:13:43,448.51668509 One is you walk by those cherry tomatoes about a dozen times by three or four in the afternoon, you're gonna eat one of those. 143 00:13:43,688.51668509 --> 00:13:46,328.51668509 It's just, again, as I was saying, the human condition. 144 00:13:46,598.51668509 --> 00:13:51,871.35115221 But also another thing about the Veggidome is that it allows to understand a rhythm of the house. 145 00:13:52,216.35115221 --> 00:13:55,196.77065334 In other words, here I am, dad, I'm, I washed a bunch of vegetables. 146 00:13:55,196.77065334 --> 00:13:57,86.77065334 I put them in there, I fill it up. 147 00:13:57,86.77065334 --> 00:13:58,736.77065334 Let's say it's on a Sunday afternoon. 148 00:13:59,66.77065334 --> 00:14:03,276.77065334 By Tuesday I can see up all the strawberries were gone the first day. 149 00:14:03,276.77065334 --> 00:14:07,97.62099348 You can see what the household is doing and what rhythm is, and by. 150 00:14:07,134.86589144 --> 00:14:15,323.34661706 Four or five days later, if those let's say cucumbers are still in there, it's yeah, I eat 'em myself or I cut 'em into the salad. 151 00:14:15,392.16747874 --> 00:14:21,802.16747874 So you are more in tune to the rhythm of the household as to what's available and what people are eating. 152 00:14:21,802.16747874 --> 00:14:26,512.16747874 Cuz guess what? Next week I'll put more strawberries in there because they got eaten up right away. 153 00:14:26,912.16747874 --> 00:14:28,292.16747874 So that's the type of thing was. 154 00:14:28,617.16747874 --> 00:14:34,437.16747874 You're more in touch with the rhythm of the food in your household because you're seeing it change. 155 00:14:34,437.49627693 --> 00:14:35,701.41917942 It's part of your environment. 156 00:14:35,706.41917942 --> 00:14:37,624.87722931 So anyway, it's fun with kids. 157 00:14:37,654.91124291 --> 00:14:39,460.6708801 It's fun to see this stuff grow. 158 00:14:39,670.6708801 --> 00:14:45,308.08584609 I've even had friends go, oh, I bought a purple cauliflower and so it looks so nice in my bed. 159 00:14:45,313.08584609 --> 00:14:46,543.08584609 Yeah, but you gotta eat it. 160 00:14:46,693.08584609 --> 00:14:47,143.08584609 You can't. 161 00:14:47,143.08584609 --> 00:14:58,977.37156037 Just there to have a pretty it's not just for display It it's good advertising for the food, cuz you see it a number of times when you're walking by and walking by or you're making something and then all of a sudden, okay, it's ready. 162 00:14:58,987.37156037 --> 00:14:59,657.37156037 You're right. 163 00:14:59,667.37156037 --> 00:15:11,620.26271684 So when you first created the Veggidome, how did you manufacture the glass dome? Did you have it like, blown by somebody else, or do you have Yeah, that's a really good crack glassblowing capabilities. 164 00:15:11,640.60285289 --> 00:15:13,105.60285289 I wanna make things in America. 165 00:15:13,105.60285289 --> 00:15:14,550.60285289 I wanna sell things in America. 166 00:15:14,555.60285289 --> 00:15:17,850.60285289 And I spent a long time trying to make it happen. 167 00:15:17,947.37156037 --> 00:15:20,222.22416808 Eventually I've had to go to China. 168 00:15:20,277.22416808 --> 00:15:24,647.22416808 Now, in China, because it really is, now we're talking about the actual structure of it. 169 00:15:24,657.22416808 --> 00:15:33,37.22416808 It's got this lid, as I said, and then what happens is, The bottom part, this thing is actually open on the bottom. 170 00:15:33,37.22416808 --> 00:15:37,199.85455357 See how that is? And it sits on top of this collender. 171 00:15:37,299.85455357 --> 00:15:37,659.85455357 Okay. 172 00:15:37,719.85455357 --> 00:15:46,831.95205924 So to be able to make this piece was very difficult because glass makers like to have something that's completely round, cuz like a bubble of glass. 173 00:15:46,831.95205924 --> 00:15:49,13.24457625 It stays and it cools down. 174 00:15:49,253.24457625 --> 00:15:52,405.17201389 But when it has this, open part, it'll collapse. 175 00:15:52,428.50534722 --> 00:15:53,568.50534722 If it's molten. 176 00:15:53,868.50534722 --> 00:15:58,548.50534722 So the guys in China took a long time to try to figure out how to do this. 177 00:15:58,848.50534722 --> 00:16:03,728.50534722 They actually took it and blew by hand this piece. 178 00:16:03,738.50534722 --> 00:16:04,728.50534722 In a mold. 179 00:16:04,998.50534722 --> 00:16:08,688.50534722 And then when they, then they took the wick and they would cut the wick like that. 180 00:16:08,998.50534722 --> 00:16:12,226.64593679 So they had to blow into a mold. 181 00:16:12,526.64593679 --> 00:16:16,236.64593679 And that's a human being blowing glass into something else. 182 00:16:16,506.64593679 --> 00:16:20,556.62326105 So it really was something where it wasn't A perfect match. 183 00:16:20,556.62326105 --> 00:16:23,916.62326105 And at this point, now, this year, we're gonna scale production. 184 00:16:24,126.62326105 --> 00:16:27,729.96793226 We've been able to find a way to make it automated and mechanically done. 185 00:16:27,734.96793226 --> 00:16:41,979.9565944 So yes, it was a real journey of trying to find out, how can I do this? And how can this odd shape of glass be made in something that is just regularly? Made and so that a lid can go on it and everything like that. 186 00:16:41,984.9565944 --> 00:16:43,546.9520592 It's a difficult journey. 187 00:16:43,606.9520592 --> 00:16:55,51.4985445 And even the very first one that I made, which was the prototype that I was making, I made it out of a glass bowl that I then took and I flipped it upside down and cut a circle out of the bottom. 188 00:16:55,321.4985445 --> 00:17:00,93.7661182 I had to go to a scientific glass company to work with that type of glass. 189 00:17:00,458.7661182 --> 00:17:02,238.7661182 It was the coolest waiting room. 190 00:17:02,268.7661182 --> 00:17:02,868.7661182 Let me tell you. 191 00:17:03,138.7661182 --> 00:17:13,311.8273427 You sit down at the bench and the receptionist is over there and there's all these wires and glass and going, you feel like you're going to visit Frankenstein? The coolest waiting room. 192 00:17:13,311.8273427 --> 00:17:13,851.8273427 That's awesome. 193 00:17:13,851.8273427 --> 00:17:19,614.7184991 And so they, and I brought in four of them and they said, it's gonna be the potentially half of 'em are gonna break. 194 00:17:19,614.7184991 --> 00:17:21,279.7184991 And it turned out none of 'em broke, but. 195 00:17:21,289.7184991 --> 00:17:26,659.7184991 Was the beginning of making a prototype was taking a bowl and cutting a hole in it. 196 00:17:27,49.7184991 --> 00:17:28,799.7184991 But this actually is a better design. 197 00:17:28,799.7184991 --> 00:17:32,999.7184991 I dunno if you can see, but has a little lip going up like this, like a shoulder. 198 00:17:33,269.7184991 --> 00:17:36,839.7184991 And so when you put the lid on, it's a lot easier than if it was. 199 00:17:37,144.7184991 --> 00:17:42,574.7184991 A cut piece of glass because it could potentially chip that glass where this doesn't get chipped. 200 00:17:42,934.7184991 --> 00:18:03,69.3103359 So there, there's been a real journey about making the proper shape and patenting it and everything has been a journey that right now we're gonna be, This year is really looking great and we're gonna kick it off with a scaled production and we're bringing on a really great personality to help us promote it. 201 00:18:03,339.3103359 --> 00:18:07,351.543896 And his vision is that he wants people to eat more fresh vegetables and fruit. 202 00:18:07,661.543896 --> 00:18:08,481.543896 John Sally. 203 00:18:08,636.543896 --> 00:18:11,160.4441227 Who's a four-time NBA champion. 204 00:18:11,160.4441227 --> 00:18:17,749.8545536 He played with Kobe Bryant on his winning team, and he played with Michael Jordan on a winning team and also the Pistons. 205 00:18:17,989.8545536 --> 00:18:21,589.8545536 So four times he was a champion, but aside from being this amazing. 206 00:18:22,109.6618098 --> 00:18:23,489.6618098 World-class athlete. 207 00:18:23,879.6618098 --> 00:18:31,664.6618098 His vision is to bring forth more that people are eating plant-based food, that they're eating more vegetables and fruit. 208 00:18:31,694.6618098 --> 00:18:39,783.43732 He even testified in front of the Senate to make more fruits and vegetables available in lunches in children across the nation. 209 00:18:39,833.43732 --> 00:18:45,869.3670252 He's got a real good vision about health in our country, and he's a really funny guy, but he's also a brilliant. 210 00:18:46,161.0336919 --> 00:18:48,861.0336919 Anyway, he's gonna work with us in bringing that out there. 211 00:18:49,101.0336919 --> 00:18:54,761.0336919 And what we're gonna do is gonna do a series of programs about science, of food, future of food. 212 00:18:55,151.0336919 --> 00:18:59,446.0336919 What is it really gonna be like? Let me just quickly run by you real fast. 213 00:18:59,746.0336919 --> 00:19:03,536.6572747 Is that after World World War II II isn't a funny story. 214 00:19:03,536.6572747 --> 00:19:05,996.6572747 I, and stuff that you learn when you're learning about food. 215 00:19:06,6.6572747 --> 00:19:09,876.6572747 The United States government was seeing that people were too thin. 216 00:19:10,83.3239413 --> 00:19:27,514.7071613 And so they thought, you know what? We need to have more of this processed food, like pancake mixes and cake mixes and stuff like that, that we could put on shelves than if there's an atomic war, that these foods would be able to last in some, hole in the ground shelter. 217 00:19:28,9.038227 --> 00:19:36,923.1085218 And so they mass produced it and they put, they actually helped to finance these type of food, which is now 40 years later, making us all. 218 00:19:37,359.7751885 --> 00:19:38,799.7751885 And making us unhealthy. 219 00:19:38,804.7751885 --> 00:19:43,64.7751885 It was promoted by the US government in the forties and fifties. 220 00:19:43,124.7751885 --> 00:19:45,744.7751885 Okay, so isn't that an amazing history? Look it up. 221 00:19:45,744.7751885 --> 00:19:46,494.7751885 Google it guys. 222 00:19:46,494.7751885 --> 00:19:47,784.7751885 That's crazy. 223 00:19:47,874.7751885 --> 00:19:48,564.7751885 Isn't amazing. 224 00:19:48,574.7751885 --> 00:19:54,128.7434425 So flooded by this, what's being called processed food that's making us unhealthy. 225 00:19:54,148.5733744 --> 00:19:55,658.5733744 It is not the basic. 226 00:19:55,713.5733744 --> 00:20:16,48.5620366 Fruits and vegetables that let's say your grandparents had when they were cooking or people in earlier times, that kept you healthy because part of your digestive system is looking for those fibers and looking for those combinations of fruits and vegetables to be able to build your strong body. 227 00:20:16,167.2808574 --> 00:20:19,617.2808574 We're not giving it so the people are eating processed foods. 228 00:20:19,617.2808574 --> 00:20:30,120.330744 I'm just tossing out pancake mixes and cake mixes and things like that are boxed foods that you see that all these salt and sugar and chemicals that are put in, okay. 229 00:20:30,130.330744 --> 00:20:34,310.330744 That your body is not able to be as strong. 230 00:20:34,310.330744 --> 00:20:37,430.330744 So guess what we're doing? We're selling then. 231 00:20:37,820.330744 --> 00:20:45,25.330744 Nutrition pills and, all these different powders and pills that, that are supposed to help you of things that are missing. 232 00:20:45,335.330744 --> 00:20:48,817.9157781 It's missing cuz we're not eating the basic foods that we used to be able to eat. 233 00:20:48,829.038227 --> 00:20:53,213.0291567 it's it so I don't mean to put that industry down, but it's not helping either. 234 00:20:53,218.0291567 --> 00:20:57,118.0291567 They're just wanting to make money so they can every month sell you $40 worth of pills. 235 00:20:57,123.0291567 --> 00:20:57,647.2695196 That's crazy. 236 00:20:57,647.2695196 --> 00:21:00,920.1493381 I had never heard about the, US government about World War ii. 237 00:21:00,920.1493381 --> 00:21:02,246.8726942 Now that's wow. 238 00:21:02,276.8726942 --> 00:21:05,827.5076148 Baffling Oh my God, we've gotten too thin, and so they helped. 239 00:21:05,882.5076148 --> 00:21:07,802.5076148 Get this other food out there. 240 00:21:07,862.5076148 --> 00:21:13,52.5076148 And of course this whole concept of nuclear war was also a big deal. 241 00:21:13,202.5076148 --> 00:21:17,317.5076148 So people were trying to get clues that last for years in a box. 242 00:21:17,570.2287032 --> 00:21:19,708.7887939 It wasn't good for you though, So that's what we're, wow. 243 00:21:19,763.7887939 --> 00:21:20,483.7887939 That's crazy. 244 00:21:20,678.7887939 --> 00:21:22,518.7887939 Yeah, so it's time to turn a corner. 245 00:21:22,548.7887939 --> 00:21:24,288.7887939 And that's what we're gonna do with John Sally. 246 00:21:24,498.7887939 --> 00:21:27,598.2219005 And that's what we're gonna do with the Veggidome is be part of that. 247 00:21:27,648.2219005 --> 00:21:28,578.2219005 It's already happening. 248 00:21:28,616.4645309 --> 00:21:33,546.4645309 You've seen it, that there's this whole concept of plant-based foods and things like that. 249 00:21:33,546.4645309 --> 00:21:35,556.4645309 that's already a big wave that's happening. 250 00:21:35,826.4645309 --> 00:21:46,43.1311976 We're just gonna enable it and be part of it and be able to give a tool that helps to support it, not only in a positive way, but in a really beautiful way. 251 00:21:46,53.1311976 --> 00:21:48,818.1311976 Kind of a fun, way to have food that you see it. 252 00:21:48,823.1311976 --> 00:21:49,261.2264357 Definitely. 253 00:21:49,411.2264357 --> 00:21:56,534.559769 And you also took your Veggidome to a local university, and they went and looked at it and were like, oh, wow. 254 00:21:56,589.559769 --> 00:22:00,863.1311976 The vegetables are actually staying around longer because of the right. 255 00:22:01,213.1311976 --> 00:22:10,300.8296103 Do you mind telling that story? Yeah, it was a kind of a fun story because I live only about 10 minutes away from UCLA and what I was doing was, okay, I'm gonna mass produce this thing. 256 00:22:10,510.8296103 --> 00:22:23,137.8477508 This is really in the early days I had just made the prototype and I wanted to see whether or not it was something that I was gonna be selling that would be healthy that wouldn't have maybe an unseen problem that you're keeping food in this way. 257 00:22:23,467.8477508 --> 00:22:27,608.9021726 And so I had signed up on an office door of a biology professor. 258 00:22:27,679.0495649 --> 00:22:28,339.0495649 That sounds good. 259 00:22:28,407.5529663 --> 00:22:30,987.5529663 So then I had it for Friday at 1130. 260 00:22:31,317.5529663 --> 00:22:35,37.5529663 Friday at 1130 I show up and I've got this thing in my hand and he's. 261 00:22:35,42.5529663 --> 00:22:40,877.5529663 You're not a student are you? Oh no I just signed up for the time to talk to you and then well come on in. 262 00:22:41,117.5529663 --> 00:22:50,327.2128302 And I said this is a device that is keeping vegetables really fresh in my household and I made it for my children and it's working way better than I thought. 263 00:22:50,327.2128302 --> 00:22:54,703.8001318 I thought I was gonna have to refill it every day, but it turns out that it's like a doing really well. 264 00:22:54,853.8001318 --> 00:22:56,553.8001318 But then since I've put this. 265 00:22:56,563.8001318 --> 00:23:00,173.8001318 Cookie jar lid on, I put the vegetables back in there. 266 00:23:00,443.8001318 --> 00:23:02,333.8001318 I put this cookie jar lid back on. 267 00:23:02,343.8001318 --> 00:23:03,903.8001318 It seems to be working better. 268 00:23:04,203.8001318 --> 00:23:06,63.8001318 And so she said, oh, just a second. 269 00:23:06,213.8001318 --> 00:23:11,313.8001318 She called in another professor, literally a biology professor calling in a botany professor. 270 00:23:11,433.8001318 --> 00:23:12,3.8001318 That's good. 271 00:23:12,79.0155513 --> 00:23:18,286.543896 And then that person called in another professor who was a nutrition in the community. 272 00:23:18,291.543896 --> 00:23:29,316.543896 Professor, it's like these three amazing thinkers in lectures are looking at this new device that I made and they said, oh, so now it works better because you put that lid on. 273 00:23:29,326.543896 --> 00:23:29,776.543896 And I said, yes. 274 00:23:29,824.8318778 --> 00:23:33,706.5892474 And they all looked at me like, look at it like owls on a branch of a tree. 275 00:23:33,706.5892474 --> 00:23:36,996.1470706 They're like looking at me like you know why, right? I said, no. 276 00:23:37,1.1470706 --> 00:23:40,326.1470706 I said, you're letting the ethylene gas escape out the lid. 277 00:23:40,336.1470706 --> 00:23:41,956.1470706 I didn't even know about ethylene gas. 278 00:23:42,346.1470706 --> 00:23:47,766.1470706 And so that they showed me that this device making it like a cookie jar actually. 279 00:23:48,746.1470706 --> 00:23:49,916.1470706 Biologically work better. 280 00:23:49,926.1470706 --> 00:23:52,26.1470706 And also they complimented me. 281 00:23:52,74.2196329 --> 00:24:02,93.5620366 The nutrition in community professor said, I really think this is great because it's gonna make children have access to fresh vegetables on a daily basis. 282 00:24:02,393.5620366 --> 00:24:12,190.682218 This is 10, 15 years ago that this person said that, and now we're finally getting to a point, we're gonna be able to have the company launch on a grander scale. 283 00:24:12,460.682218 --> 00:24:13,943.5847123 And it's happening this year. 284 00:24:13,943.5847123 --> 00:24:15,741.1584084 And I'm really excited about it. 285 00:24:15,769.3216737 --> 00:24:22,279.9112429 And I've learned a lot through these years about food, about, the biology of food and about our health. 286 00:24:22,344.0835785 --> 00:24:26,199.0835785 Coming back to something that I just made for after school snack. 287 00:24:26,209.0835785 --> 00:24:27,303.2559141 Yeah, it's funny. 288 00:24:27,303.2559141 --> 00:24:32,883.2559141 You just like never could have foreseen yourself 10 years ago thinking like, oh, we're gonna do all this stuff. 289 00:24:32,888.2559141 --> 00:24:40,835.8862996 You're, you were just like, how can I make my son eat some better foods in the afternoon? And then it expanded and exploded. 290 00:24:40,907.9611295 --> 00:24:42,107.9611295 Yeah, that's very true. 291 00:24:42,107.9611295 --> 00:24:42,617.9611295 Very true. 292 00:24:42,707.9611295 --> 00:24:53,726.1017191 And also, by the way, I made four year viewers a special $10 off coupon they just have to put Billy 10, so the name Billy, and then the number 10. 293 00:24:53,731.1017191 --> 00:24:59,231.1017191 And if they put that on the code, they can get $10 off on the Veggidomes if they wanna go to our website. 294 00:24:59,241.1017191 --> 00:24:59,991.1017191 Yeah, definitely. 295 00:24:59,991.1017191 --> 00:25:03,214.3670252 And why don't you go ahead and spell out the website for all the audio listeners. 296 00:25:03,236.2944629 --> 00:25:11,621.47313 The, for the website, Veggidome dot com, V e g g i d o m e.com, 297 00:25:12,11.47313 --> 00:25:12,781.47313 Veggidome. 298 00:25:13,111.47313 --> 00:25:16,241.47313 And so think about it's Veggidome without the E in the middle. 299 00:25:16,571.47313 --> 00:25:19,151.47313 And that's the E of the ethylene gas that escaped. 300 00:25:19,181.47313 --> 00:25:19,911.47313 Okay, I love that. 301 00:25:20,121.47313 --> 00:25:21,531.47313 That's a really good way to remember that. 302 00:25:21,541.47313 --> 00:25:23,711.47313 Our brand is Veggidome.com. 303 00:25:23,731.47313 --> 00:25:25,981.47313 And you go to that, you'll learn a lot more. 304 00:25:25,981.47313 --> 00:25:37,866.1103182 There are videos there and everything, but also if you go and you wanna buy it and you put in a code, BILLY10, b i l l y, one zero you can get $10 off awesome. 305 00:25:37,866.1103182 --> 00:25:38,256.1103182 Awesome. 306 00:25:38,266.1103182 --> 00:25:38,926.1103182 That'll be wonderful. 307 00:25:38,931.1103182 --> 00:25:41,258.6159871 And I'm sure the audience will absolutely love that. 308 00:25:41,258.6159871 --> 00:25:45,61.0536288 And I know you're launching with john Sally later this year. 309 00:25:45,124.0014746 --> 00:25:52,301.7225631 And, what else do you have planned for 2023? Oh, as we expand now, we've actually been only selling in the United States. 310 00:25:52,301.7225631 --> 00:25:59,499.4663272 We actually launched the company itself when we had the first ones being made with an Indiegogo project that went successful. 311 00:25:59,829.4663272 --> 00:26:01,432.6636061 And with that, we were able to. 312 00:26:01,437.6636061 --> 00:26:06,821.9629259 Make our molds and the Veggidomes, but only a couple at a time, like 2000 at a time. 313 00:26:06,821.9629259 --> 00:26:07,827.7452388 That's all we can afford. 314 00:26:07,832.7452388 --> 00:26:15,162.7452388 Now, this time we're gonna go 15,000, and then the next year, 45,000 and then 150,000, it's going stack up. 315 00:26:15,261.7928578 --> 00:26:19,395.8744905 Each year is gonna be more, we've only been able to sell in the United States, and we have been. 316 00:26:19,400.8744905 --> 00:26:30,674.8200687 Only ship them in the United States, but this year we're gonna be able to meet some of the demands that we've been getting, emails from people from the uk, from Germany Denmark and Australia. 317 00:26:31,34.8200687 --> 00:26:33,344.8200687 And we'll be able to go more international. 318 00:26:33,344.8200687 --> 00:26:41,430.3075971 But again, we're still really focused on the United States at this point and so that there's gonna be a expanding of the markets with that. 319 00:26:41,502.382427 --> 00:26:43,2.382427 Potentially get it on qvc. 320 00:26:43,2.382427 --> 00:26:44,772.382427 We've been in touch with some people there. 321 00:26:45,52.382427 --> 00:26:46,594.9901368 It's a really visual product. 322 00:26:46,606.350681 --> 00:26:51,711.350681 And also sell it directly from our website and from Amazon, to be able to do that. 323 00:26:51,756.350681 --> 00:26:57,263.6069168 Obviously as a consumer product, you do wanna get it into the national retail zone. 324 00:26:57,443.6069168 --> 00:27:04,398.7543091 We've been in touch with them, who, the one company, I'm not gonna mention them, that we've been really having great opportunity with. 325 00:27:04,470.8518148 --> 00:27:05,880.8518148 They might be going bankrupt. 326 00:27:06,180.8518148 --> 00:27:10,55.8518148 So the brick and mortar, brick and mortar might not be the way to go with this. 327 00:27:10,295.8518148 --> 00:27:13,322.6998873 We might be staying with a direct to consumer type of market. 328 00:27:13,386.8948987 --> 00:27:30,184.275851 And also reach out to hotels that might want them hotel chains, because you know how you Billy, you go traveling and you, let's say you, you got into the city and you order some food, and then you go out and you go to see the town and you come back and the food that you ordered is a lot of it's messed up and you're just thrown away instead. 329 00:27:30,529.275851 --> 00:27:32,435.4096379 You could like I do a sushi order. 330 00:27:32,435.4096379 --> 00:27:37,328.3121322 Like I want some celery, I want some carrots, I want some grapes and I want some strawberries. 331 00:27:37,568.3121322 --> 00:27:39,38.3121322 And they put it in a Veggidome. 332 00:27:39,158.3121322 --> 00:27:43,643.2894565 And then for the length of your stay, if you stay there two or three days, it's still good. 333 00:27:43,763.2894565 --> 00:27:47,885.1602048 And then, and you can do so like a sushi order, would be the kind of fun thing to do. 334 00:27:48,155.1602048 --> 00:27:53,455.1602048 And all they do is repurpose the food in the kitchen that they have already and they just put it in the Veggidome. 335 00:27:53,475.1602048 --> 00:27:54,615.1602048 So it's an easy thing. 336 00:27:54,615.1602048 --> 00:27:55,785.1602048 So there's all kinds. 337 00:27:55,795.1602048 --> 00:28:15,547.47313 Ideas that are coming out that we're initiating this is just the beginning of a growth period right now and we're excited And Billy, being with you on your program, I really, feel like I'm honored, but also I feel like this is such a good fit cuz I feel like you're looking towards the future of what lifestyle is about and we wanna be part that. 338 00:28:15,567.47313 --> 00:28:16,12.47313 Yeah, definitely. 339 00:28:16,80.9538556 --> 00:28:25,730.4096379 that's what this is all about, is really being able to, see the future of how we can make a huge difference in the world and what people are doing to really make that happen. 340 00:28:25,730.4096379 --> 00:28:27,297.8246039 So yeah it's super exciting. 341 00:28:27,687.8246039 --> 00:28:33,811.1352615 And I know you have been learning a lot about nutrition and about how food keeps and all these things. 342 00:28:33,811.1352615 --> 00:28:36,151.1352615 Are you learning anything new right now?. 343 00:28:36,361.1125857 --> 00:28:50,1.0332207 I'm learning about how to reach out to individuals, and this is part of our marketing plan is that just like you and I are having this wonderful discussion in remote areas, I think we're gonna do things. 344 00:28:50,106.0332207 --> 00:29:08,755.5683681 On a personal level, but with people that are potentially leaders of their community, let's say if they're a nutritionist who has a lot of followers, we can reach out to them, have a Zoom meeting or a Google meeting and record it just like you're doing and be able to put that out there on social media as part of a. 345 00:29:09,30.568368 --> 00:29:13,961.78152 Series on the future of food, and that's what I'm just now learning about. 346 00:29:14,141.78152 --> 00:29:27,149.8994338 You know what, instead of thinking about marketing is making these ads and plopping them on Facebook instead, what about if it's a discussion? what if you're okay? So I'm just putting that out to there. 347 00:29:27,149.8994338 --> 00:29:27,389.8994338 People. 348 00:29:27,389.8994338 --> 00:29:32,797.0196152 This is an idea or concept that I'm developing myself, is that let's have marketing be. 349 00:29:32,802.0196152 --> 00:29:48,714.2078238 reality based in that it's a discussion and I wanna hear your opinion and and maybe your criticism, and maybe that's a way in which we can look at advertising, for people as also being a service and not just being something that they're being bombarded by. 350 00:29:49,44.2078238 --> 00:29:50,394.2078238 Get this by that. 351 00:29:50,484.2078238 --> 00:29:52,94.2304996 You know what I'm saying? Yeah, Completely. 352 00:29:52,99.2304996 --> 00:30:13,274.2531753 It's the technology and everything that what we have nowadays has really changed that dynamic of, before it was like, okay, what can you do to advertise, like before social media or anything else came along, it was like, okay, I'm gonna put in a TV ad or a radio ad, or a newspaper ad, right? It's all ads, right? And it's interrupting the flow of whatever the person is doing. 353 00:30:13,454.2531753 --> 00:30:24,163.4481866 But instead now we have, influencer marketing and things like that where, These big influencers, they are talking about products, not in, oh, hey, buy this. 354 00:30:24,163.4481866 --> 00:30:25,988.3234701 It's more of Hey, I used this. 355 00:30:26,138.3234701 --> 00:30:27,398.3234701 This was really cool. 356 00:30:27,403.3234701 --> 00:30:28,838.3234701 I really liked how it worked. 357 00:30:29,18.3234701 --> 00:30:30,878.3234701 I was able to use this for my kids. 358 00:30:30,931.3280052 --> 00:30:35,376.3393431 I put this out on my table and my kids ate leafy greens for the first time ever. 359 00:30:35,381.3393431 --> 00:30:41,611.3393431 and and they're just telling a story, but it ends up like people are looking at that, being like, Hey, I want that. 360 00:30:41,611.3393431 --> 00:30:47,740.6250574 And It's a completely different dynamic than trying to just put an ad that's just going to interrupt what they're doing. 361 00:30:47,740.6250574 --> 00:30:55,61.0672343 So I think that's, I think you definitely on something there, you're right about the technology, Billy, is that it's really been since Covid. 362 00:30:55,461.0672343 --> 00:31:02,563.0173476 That people have been actually having these more accessible times or meetings that they can have and discuss it. 363 00:31:02,563.0173476 --> 00:31:14,711.1919508 And also, there's another thing that we were finding out even before Covid hit, is that just because you're paying somebody $250,000 to put in a good word for your thing, people aren't necessarily believing it that much. 364 00:31:14,921.1919508 --> 00:31:15,461.1919508 They'd rather. 365 00:31:15,960.3642864 --> 00:31:26,281.7021549 People that they feel have a real experience with it and are being genuine about it and not just getting paid but sharing, and learning with each other. 366 00:31:26,281.7021549 --> 00:31:37,225.659071 Again, this is what I feel I can applaud with your program here is you're definitely in the forefront, I think in how we're gonna be able to share knowledge and just, and try to figure things. 367 00:31:37,230.659071 --> 00:31:38,10.659071 Yeah, definitely. 368 00:31:38,10.659071 --> 00:31:45,78.6295925 And, be able to understand how we are making it in this new world that we live in, And, we're at a finish up here in just a Yeah. 369 00:31:45,138.6295925 --> 00:31:46,38.6295925 Just a few moments. 370 00:31:46,115.7044225 --> 00:31:47,225.7044225 Just a few more questions. 371 00:31:47,289.8767581 --> 00:32:08,132.4617921 What is one tip that you would have for any other ecopreneur looking to either grow their business or start their own green? I think that if you're gonna be growing your own business and starting your own business, is to try to get it so that you have a secondary or a way in which you have your income coming through the let's say another job or part-time job that you have going. 372 00:32:08,522.4617921 --> 00:32:11,402.4617921 I just figure that you're gonna have to keep that going. 373 00:32:11,452.4617921 --> 00:32:17,902.4617921 Guess what? It's gonna take longer for you to hit that mark or get things going than you think. 374 00:32:18,142.4617921 --> 00:32:21,64.8427445 And if you're always feeling oh my God, I've gotta launch my company in. 375 00:32:21,136.9175744 --> 00:32:23,916.9175744 Two to three weeks cuz I can't pay the phone bill in the next month. 376 00:32:23,971.9175744 --> 00:32:32,45.7044225 That's gonna put a pressure on you, that's gonna make it so that you're less able to be creative and feel like, things take time to grow. 377 00:32:32,195.7044225 --> 00:32:33,684.4119055 And companies are the same. 378 00:32:33,734.4119055 --> 00:32:39,916.8495472 So just figure that, you know what, I know you want your company to launch in the next three months, but. 379 00:32:39,926.8495472 --> 00:32:48,276.8495472 Have the ability to have that staying power, because that's actually one of the strongest cards you can play is that I'm still here. 380 00:32:48,286.8495472 --> 00:32:50,176.8495472 I'm still trying, I'm still going for it. 381 00:32:50,176.8495472 --> 00:32:52,79.1624724 I love that tip, it's super important. 382 00:32:52,134.0831073 --> 00:32:58,396.9856016 I think it's Jeff Bezos, and Amazon they weren't profitable for the first 10 years that they were around or something like that. 383 00:32:58,401.9856016 --> 00:33:00,436.7588442 And it's you know what, what's going to. 384 00:33:00,801.7588442 --> 00:33:04,141.1239236 Keep you going through that time when your business isn't ready yet. 385 00:33:04,208.2214293 --> 00:33:05,543.5162139 And it's not bringing in the money. 386 00:33:05,543.5162139 --> 00:33:08,161.08991 So it's all about the staying power and you're absolutely right. 387 00:33:08,211.08991 --> 00:33:15,785.1715427 And what is one way that somebody can reach out to you to get in touch about Veggidome? I know we talked about Veggidome.com, 388 00:33:15,806.3620189 --> 00:33:19,81.3620189 having the discount for the order for the Veggidome. 389 00:33:19,98.7769848 --> 00:33:28,46.6001141 And if anybody would like to reach out to you, learn more, how can they reach out? Again, they can go to the website and if they just click on, the their little email it'll go straight to me. 390 00:33:28,106.6001141 --> 00:33:33,296.6001141 And generally I will answer that same day if anybody once has any questions. 391 00:33:33,546.6001141 --> 00:33:35,100.1602048 If they go to veggidome.com, 392 00:33:35,380.1602048 --> 00:33:39,930.1602048 it's probably what ends up as being info@veggidome.com 393 00:33:39,979.6386628 --> 00:33:40,819.6386628 or something like that. 394 00:33:40,939.6386628 --> 00:33:44,495.9878692 But if they just click on the little email icon I personally get. 395 00:33:44,568.0853749 --> 00:33:48,551.1012479 And I will answer those probably that same day or within the next day. 396 00:33:48,556.1012479 --> 00:33:51,81.259978 And I welcome all, any questions. 397 00:33:51,86.259978 --> 00:33:54,349.6500007 And we're also not just gonna be a one product, company. 398 00:33:54,349.6500007 --> 00:33:58,969.6500007 We're gonna be involved with any grab and go healthy food. 399 00:33:59,429.6500007 --> 00:34:04,49.6500007 And as I told you, we're into whole food, plant-based diets. 400 00:34:04,53.2100914 --> 00:34:07,833.2100914 There's also dried nuts, dried fruit, there's herbs. 401 00:34:08,163.2100914 --> 00:34:15,950.228232 And also I'm thinking, and if anybody wants to, connect up with me, I'm gonna be reinventing the lunchbox. 402 00:34:16,280.228232 --> 00:34:17,660.228232 I think that there are different materials. 403 00:34:17,690.228232 --> 00:34:22,520.228232 The old tin lunchbox where you clunky little thing and you got Tupperware things in there. 404 00:34:22,592.3257377 --> 00:34:26,386.3166674 We're gonna make it into something that is much more like a sling. 405 00:34:26,391.3166674 --> 00:34:27,411.3166674 That you can have. 406 00:34:27,681.3166674 --> 00:34:30,467.983334 And we're gonna be using materials that are food safe. 407 00:34:30,857.983334 --> 00:34:41,299.4685948 And so it's gonna be grab it from the Veggidome and put it in your satchel and go the, we're gonna be developing an entire line of products for grab and go healthy food. 408 00:34:41,299.4685948 --> 00:34:44,30.6363953 Cuz Billy, you we're in a generation now where. 409 00:34:44,35.6363953 --> 00:34:46,915.6363953 Wherever you have your phone, that's where your office is. 410 00:34:46,998.6522683 --> 00:34:52,428.6522683 You can do so much now with, you can go to the beach and still be in your business. 411 00:34:52,467.3484134 --> 00:34:55,527.3484134 But then what about your food? It's gotta go with you too. 412 00:34:55,707.3484134 --> 00:34:57,927.4164406 And that's where we're gonna be looking at. 413 00:34:57,927.4164406 --> 00:35:07,338.0173477 If anybody has ideas or concepts, I'm willing to field that and work with potentially if it resonates with our grab and go healthy food concept. 414 00:35:07,348.0173477 --> 00:35:09,58.0173477 That, that's awesome that I love that. 415 00:35:09,58.0173477 --> 00:35:10,933.5275517 And that sounds super exciting. 416 00:35:10,933.5275517 --> 00:35:14,342.6545359 So I hope somebody in the audience who's listening is oh, I got an idea. 417 00:35:14,552.6545359 --> 00:35:17,796.2146266 So I hope they can, I hope they can reach out to you and you guys can collaborate. 418 00:35:17,796.2146266 --> 00:35:18,396.2146266 That'd be awesome. 419 00:35:18,396.2146266 --> 00:35:19,736.2146266 We can collaborate team up a bit. 420 00:35:19,736.2146266 --> 00:35:19,936.2146266 Yep. 421 00:35:19,985.0921776 --> 00:35:20,405.0921776 Yeah. 422 00:35:20,479.7180279 --> 00:35:24,559.7180279 Duncan, thank you so much for being on Green Business Impact. 423 00:35:24,559.7180279 --> 00:35:27,425.5230166 It's been really awesome having you on the show here today. 424 00:35:27,439.8087309 --> 00:35:35,85.2849214 I love what you guys are doing to really bring back Whole Foods and make veggies more accessible for all of us and advertise them in a great way. 425 00:35:35,85.2849214 --> 00:35:38,108.8676878 So thank you so much for coming on the call and I hope, and. 426 00:35:38,113.8676878 --> 00:35:43,755.5003409 Year or so, we can come back together and say yeah, we had this amazing launch and now we're launching the satchels and everything. 427 00:35:43,762.4277785 --> 00:35:45,162.0309531 I can't wait to hear more from you. 428 00:35:45,492.0309531 --> 00:35:46,672.0309531 So thank you so much. 429 00:35:46,672.0309531 --> 00:35:52,521.1352615 I really appreciate it I'm honored to be on your show and again, I think you're doing really great work by putting this program on. 430 00:35:52,561.1352615 --> 00:35:53,231.1352615 Awesome. 431 00:35:53,241.1352615 --> 00:35:55,591.1352615 I'm looking forward to more episodes yes, thank you. 432 00:35:55,751.1352615 --> 00:35:59,501.1352615 And if you enjoyed this interview with Duncan, talking about how veggie.is 433 00:35:59,501.1352615 --> 00:36:06,251.1352615 creating a way to reduce food waste, which helps to cut down on our individual impact on the climate crisis. 434 00:36:06,311.1352615 --> 00:36:11,711.1352615 And if you would like to get the fruit and veggie keeper yourself, then go and check out the link in the description below. 435 00:36:11,801.1352615 --> 00:36:15,401.1352615 Get $10 off your order using the code Bill 10. 436 00:36:15,461.1352615 --> 00:36:20,321.1352615 Again, that is my name, Billy, and the number 10 b i l l y one. 437 00:36:21,191.1352615 --> 00:36:30,131.1352615 So don't miss out on your chance to have vegetables displayed in your home and eat more veggies as snacks instead of cookies, and also cut down on waste. 438 00:36:30,161.1352615 --> 00:36:36,161.1352615 And make sure you go ahead and click on that link now because the discount will only be available for a short time. 439 00:36:36,221.1352615 --> 00:36:39,41.1352615 So make sure you go pay up to your veggie dome today.

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