We had the good fortune of connecting with Marianne Saint-Lary and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Marianne, what’s your definition for success?
I would have to agree with and use the words of the famous Sir Winston Churchill, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without the loss of enthusiasm”. You have to fail to know how to grow and how to be better in what you do. You have to try one thing, if that doesn’t work, try another or modify it, and so on.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
We have blueberry fields in Argentina and export fresh to the world. All our fields are FDA approved USDA organic, Global Gap, Kosher along with other international certifications. Whatever our clients do not recieve because of fruit diameter, we dehydrate the fruit at very low temperature (so it doesn´t lose it´s properties) and we make organic blueberry powder for humans and for pets. Before we could launch it to the market for pet consumption, we wanted our product to be premium and maintain all the properties and benefits of the fresh fruit. It took 2 years of investigating and research, another year sending samples to recognized labs in Europe to obtain analysis of the antioxidants, vitamins and minerals present. We wanted all the results to be high standard. We created the website, logo, packaging, started training the vets, people, stores, clients…anyone who would like to know more about blueberries and their properties.
We still have a long way to go, a lot of investing to do, publicity to make us known, but little by little we will get there.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
We are living in Medellin, this is the where we launched our product and have the highest rates of sells. It´s a beautiful green, mountainous living city. Full of great outdoor activities to do, such as hiking, rafting, picnics, natural parks. It´s people are always ready to help, give a hand, nice and respecful.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
It all starts with a dream , a vision that God puts in your mind. Without His seed, Berry Moon wouldn´t exist today. Being an entrepreneur is not easy, it´s not like you wake up one morning, you have the product and the next day your selling it by the dozens. No. It´s a process, hard and slow, with it´s ups and downs, research and development. It´s part of our family business, so I would thank my husband for supporting and helping me throughout the process, investing, giving me insight and advice. And my children, who witnessed the hard work it takes to make a product from scratch. I also want to thank all the workers in our blueberry fields, all the vets and pet stores that believed in us, that believe that our product makes a difference in our pets lives and prevents many illnesses, Thank you for recommending and selling our product.

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