A family-owned Kelowna fruit beverage company is ready to expand, despite the challenges they faced in 2020.
Farming Karma started as a family-owned fruit farm, mainly growing apples. But the family香蕉视频直播檚 younger generation Avi and Sumeet Gill, with Avi香蕉视频直播檚 wife Binny Boparai, decided to grow their parents香蕉视频直播� business by turning their fruits into drinks.
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Ready to bounce back with more offerings, that is. The Gill family will soon be adding something new to their line of products: Farming Karma Spiked.
The new line will be available in apple, peach, berry, cherry and pear, with vodka. The new line isn香蕉视频直播檛 ready yet, as the team is still working on the right taste, but they said it香蕉视频直播檚 just about ready for everyone else to enjoy.
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Binny said they never thought they香蕉视频直播檇 venture into alcoholic beverages when they started with fruit sodas but as with everything, they pivoted when the pandemic hit the Okanagan, thinking outside the box to survive.
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Avi and Binny said being innovative with the products they offer is only one part of the story: they have been able to thrive during difficult times because the community continued to support them.
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香蕉视频直播淓specially here at our location, when nobody knew what Farming Karma was, the residents from around here stopped by and supported us and it香蕉视频直播檚 word of mouth that travelled and got the ball rolling for us. So thank you to all of you who have supported us.香蕉视频直播�
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