In this COVID Pandemic era, more and more Guyanese are becoming creative and entering into other industries in an aim to earn and contribute to the development of their country.
What started as a dream for young entrepreneur Amanda Harte and a hobby of making of pickled cucumber for the family, is now a thriving business.
During an interview with Pepperpot Magazine, Harte made mentioned that there are expansion plans.

Harte further mentioned that she made the business official in December of 2020 after a barter with her sister.
“Because I would usually make it for home purposes, both my friends and family would enjoy it and everything,” Harte told the Pepperpot Magazine.

Harte is convinced that her product is not the typical pickled cucumber, but in fact, it is more versatile, fresh and has lots of flavours. It is unique and distinct from everyone else product.
“I want this product to be a household product, that it should be in every household because anybody can utilise it, even children can consume it because cucumbers are a healthy snack, but I have just made it a little bit more tasty to consume. You would want to consume as against it being a mundane,” Harte said.

During the interview, the young entrepreneur also revealed that Guyanese should appreciate the “localness” particularly in her line of products (pickled cucumbers).
“ It is just 100 percent Guyanese. I am not trying to mimic anybody or anything, or replicate anything or try to come close to anything,” she said.

She also noted that she intends to go on the international market and take her business as far as it can go even unto the next generation.
Harte is of the view that she would usually omit the word small, whenever she recommends her product or even business to anyone, thus referring to it as an Agro-Processing Business.

She equates the legacy of her business to that of Banks DIH, it is brewery fresh. When they think of her product as “pickled cucumbers” her brand must be a household name.
Harte also says that she sees herself as a very large company, even though she knows that she isn’t there yet.

But while she waits for her dream to become a reality, she is working assiduously by allowing herself to be the manager, the cleaner and everything in her business.

She noted that from time to time, she would pay someone to help her, but 99 percent of the time, she is solely responsible for the everyday maintenance of her business.
Amanda Harte’s products are available at the Guyana Marketing Corporation Shop.