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...food, to plant and tend a backyard crop of chili peppers. So began a lifelong love affair with hot peppers. As an adult, Ferguson found commercial salsa either too salty or not spicy enough for his discerning palate, and he started making his own. By the time he married Glenda Klingensmith eight years ago and moved to her farm in Noblesville, Ind., Ferguson, now 52, was hooked on homemade salsa--so much so that he started planting jalapenos, habaneros, red chilis, Anaheims and sweet banana peppers. "Glenda goes, 'What are we going to do with all these peppers?'" recalls Ferguson...
Fortunately, Charlie and Glenda Ferguson had enough cash on hand to start their salsa venture. Bootstrapping the operation, they turned half of a barn into a warehouse early on. And soon enough their product was a barn-burning success--owing in large part to their systematic approach to learning about product labeling, food regulations and licensed co-packing facilities. In 14 months, the company starting ringing up a profit, and the Fergusons were selling their salsa at festivals and bazaars, presenting their product to food stores and winning prizes, including the first-prize People's Preference Award at the International...
...really didn't know how complicated it was going to get," says Glenda. This year they are projecting about $500,000 in revenue, but their best reward might be seeing the salsa move into the hands of the consumer. "We were in a Kroger store recently by our display, and a lady came by and put a jar of our salsa in her cart," Glenda recalls. "It was a gratifying moment to see someone pick up our product...
Assistant Professor of African and African-American Studies and English and American Literature and Language Glenda R. Carpio said that issues of tenure do not create problems only for female junior faculty membersat a University with an aging faculty, recruiting young professors of either sex is important...
...Glenda Gilmore, a professor of African-American studies and history at Yale, said Gates’ philanthropy would enrich an already-stunning collection documenting the lives of African-Americans...