Tracy Lydiatt, young entrepreneur – yes operating a cookie factory in Oliver in the former Catholic Church basement on Fairview Rd.

Tracy is making (processing) vegan cookies – gluten free and she is winning awards and wants to grow her business.

The BC Food Processors Association has nominated Tracy for two awards: Rising Star and Best Product of the year. Awards to be handed out at the coast June 12th.

Secret ingredient added to the mix with special water (filtered to make it less acidic).

Bags and bags of flavoured coconut – this bag actually flax.

What’s the name of the product?

Great Bear Patties which gets us to the next part of the story – some recent TV coverage of a bear breaking into Tracy’s car while visiting a friend in West Vancouver last weekend. Yes the bear wanted something special but left other food material in the car stealing only the Great Bear Patties (bags and potted mix). Both Global BC and CTV covered the story.

The product sells for $8.00 a bag and packaged 12 bags together – about six pounds per shipping box. Tracey says she has 20 retailers selling her product in BC and she is looking to expand nation wide and to the USA once regulatory permissions are in place.