We love contrarians. We love hearing unique view points and so one of our favorite things to ask folks is for them to tell us something they believe that most people in their industry disagree with. Check out some of those responses below.

Evelyn Zachary

The first thing people say when I tell them I run a macaron business is “Wow! Macarons are so difficult, and you’re only fifteen!” I started making macarons when I was thirteen. I had already taken an interest in baking, so for my birthday, my awesome baker aunt sent me a copy of “French Macarons for Beginners” by Natalie Wong. Despite the book being literally “for beginners,” I was intimidated. Read more>>

Dezy Jackson Hughes

Most people believe that as a makeup artist You wear makeup every day or that you promote “changing the way you look”. When In fact I promote self love, self confidence, and believing that beauty starts before the brush ever strokes! Makeup is a mere enhancement! Yes for years we may have been under the impression that it covers up imperfections and it may cover up few but but flawed and all a woman can still be beautiful! Read more>>

Alex Dibrizzi

This reminds me of being in elementary school with my fourth grade teacher. She would take away my recess from me just about every day for drawing in class, she would always say “ Thats what art class was for “. Then growing up, my parents, and teachers always telling me “Art it not a career, you cant make money off art”. To now being in art shows almost every weekend, and soon enough being able to do my art full time. Read more>>

Christopher Dipnarine

Currently in the pursuit to address climate change and hunger many in the field believe that sustainable agriculture ( like hydroponic growing ) and urban farming is the answer the answer to address systematic food insecurity. This in reality is truly misleading. Let’s look at urban agriculture first, one of the largest urban farms in Baltimore that we reviewed at max can grow 2000-4000 pounds of food per cycle, with and overhead cost of around $95,000 in probably 6-8 months. Read more>>

Margie Traxler

I believe that the steep rise in autoimmune disorders has a very strong connection to the types of foods we eat and the increase in chemicals used to grow, process and preserve our foods. Over 90% of baked goods are made with flours of grains, both gluten and non-gluten, and sweetened with cane- and corn- sugars. All of these ingredients are from one scientific family; the Edible Grass family. 10-30% of the world population suffer from seasonal allergies…to grasses. Read more>>