The places I’ve traveled and the people I’ve met have influenced the way I live and the way I have embedded myself in my community. I’ve always been passionate about paving my own road, learning new things and taking on new challenges. These attributes are the motivators that propel my passions into a purpose. In 2009 my wife and I were taking our last vacation together as a non-parenting couple (my wife was due to have our first child in a few short weeks). During the trip I picked up some beautiful garlic bulbs at a local farmers market. That fall I planted all of the garlic I had purchased. The next year when it was time to harvest the garlic, I was pleasantly surprised to see how well the garlic had faired in the cold Wisconsin winter. More importantly, I could not get over the flavor of the fresh garlic. An entrepreneur at heart, I looked into garlic products and, after weeks of research, I discovered black garlic.