Upon moving to New York City, Kate McLeod found herself feeling lost and low in the busy city. She found solace in business—accidentally.
In 2015, McLeod was living in a small Brooklyn apartment while engaged to her college sweetheart. Yet, she was struggling in the city: the pace, the rush, the lack of meaningful human connection. It had left her in a depressive state. During this time, a visit to her sister-in-law gave her the spark for a new business idea that put her culinary skills and environmental ethos to work.
“I was just chatting with my sister-in-law while applying lotion, and she asked me what