b'VOX POPIts hard as a small business to learn things like exporting because you dont have the support of a huge team with that specialized kind of knowledge behind you, but there are resourcesout thereCarrie Armstrong,Mother Earth EssentialsAll that being said, Im not person-ally involved in a lot of the exporting because Im still figuring it all out. My hotel products go out to several hotels in the U.S., but thats because my manu-facturer ships straight to the distributor in the States who gets them to those customers. I dont have to worry aboutExceptional people,red tape because its all done for me at a different level. creating bioproductsInterestingly,wewenttoPhoenix,for a more sustainable worldArizona in December with the Federal Trade Commission to meet with U.S. businesses seeking to purchase prod-ucts from Indigenous Canadian busi-nesses. It was an opportunity to do ainfo.mpc@mercerint.com few presentations and meet key people, andan important step for my exporting780-624-7000when it happens. As a small business,www.mercerint.comwere always open to those kinds of opportunities.Aboriginal BUSINESS REPORT41'