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Tar Heel Traveler: Scott heads to Hillsborough to spotlight We Power Foods
Scott heads to Hillsborough to meet some women doing some special things.
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Scott heads to Hillsborough to meet some women doing some special things.
WILL GO TO TO A NUMBER OF ART INITIATIVES. >> WE'RE HOPING AND CONFIDENT THAT WILL BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENING. >>> HOW ABOUT PICKLES AND PEPPERS AND RELISH AND MIXES? ALL GREAT LITTLE FOOD ITEMS, HOWEVER, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO BRING THEM THE MARKET. >> TONIGHT, WE FIND OUR TARHEEL TRAVELER IN HILLSBORO FEATURING A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO STARTED THEIR OWN COMPANIES AND STAND TOGETHER AS ONE. >> Reporter: CELEBRATION TIME, PICTURE TIME, YOU THERE, PUT YOUR JOY IN A JAR. PACKAGE, LOCKS IT UP. NOT JUST CREATING SPECIALTY FOODS BUT NURTURING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, WE AND THERE IS POWER IN WE. >> WE EXCHANGE IDEAS, BUILD UP ARE YOU CONFIDENCE. >> THEY EACH LAUNCH THEIR OWN BUSINESS. >> YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR SMOOTHIES OR OATMEAL. OLD FASHIONED -- >> IT ORIGINATED WHATEVER WAS LEFT IN THE GARDEN. >> Reporter: SPICY PEPPER RELISH AND HISSY FIT. >> WE LIKE PEPPERS, ANYTHING PEPPER BASED. >> Reporter: THINGS PEPPER AFRICAN TACOS. >> YOU CAN USE TO CREATE VEGAN TACOS. >> Reporter: SHE IS PACKAGING HER PEPPERS HERE AT HILLSBORO AT THE PIEDMONT FOOD PROCESSING CENTER PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOD FORWARD. >> SMALL COMPANIES CAN COME HERE AND LAUNCH TO START THEIR BUSINESSES. >> Reporter: WHICH IS WHAT THESE WOMEN HAVE DONE EACH INDIVIDUALLY WITH THEIR OWN STORY. >> SOURCE OF PROTEIN. >> Reporter: SHE CREATED HER OWN. >> IT IS A PLACE I'VE KNOWN ALL MY LIFE. >> Reporter: THE HOUSE ON COTTAGE LANE IN CHAPEL HILL. >> WHERE FOUR GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY HAVE LIVED AND COOKED RELISH IN THE SAME KITCHEN. >> Reporter: FOR SEVEN YEARS IT WAS A HOBBY, HER CHOWCHOW, WHICH TODAY SHE CALLS GOURMET RELISH. IT IS TOUGH IN THE FOOD BUSINESS BEING THE WOMAN? >> ESPECIALLY. >> Reporter: THAT IS A STORY TOO. >> THE DISCRIMINATION IS THERE AND STRONGER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. >> Reporter: WE POWER, THE POWER OF WE, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS. >> NURTURE ONE ANOTHER. >> Reporter: THEY MEET OFTEN AT THIS KITCHEN INCUBATOR CENTER. >> THEY CAN NETWORK AND COLLABORATE. NOT MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN SAY I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY LABEL. MY LABEL IS BETTER BECAUSE OF FEEDBACK I RECEIVED. >> THE HELP HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. THEY HELPED ME BRING THIS TO LIFE. >> Reporter: HOW MANY WOMEN ARE PART OF THE GROUP? >> 148. >> Reporter: THAT'S A LOT. AND NOW THE BOXES, A MIX OF PRODUCTS WITH PROCEEDS TO FUND A SCHOLARSHIP. >> SO WE CAN HELP ANOTHER WOMAN GET A FOOD BUSINESS STARTED. >> Reporter: TIE IT UP IN A BOW AND ENJOY AND ENJOY. >> BEFORE YOU GRILL OR BAKE, BUY KING PEPPER AND SHAKE, SHAKE. >> I AM SOLD WITH THAT.