Anthony Wingham, Co-Founder of Indigenous Cosmetics Venture, Nuez Acres

The Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast

S2 E2 NUEZ ACRES

Today, our exploration continues with Co-Hosts Braden Kemp (Bioenterprise Canada) and Tracy Morningstar (Canadian Council for Indigenous Business) in conversation with Anthony Wingham, Co-Founder of Nuez Acres: a British Columbia-based Indigenous company formulating cosmetics products from pecan oil. In this episode we touch on the history of the pecan tree, adapting pecan oil for beauty products, the “seed to skin” sustainability approach at Nuez Acres, and how their work is part of a broader “waterless revolution” happening now in the cosmetics industry.

Quick Links and References

• Nuez Acres official website
• Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Milkweed Editions, 2013). On pecans, see in particular, p.13
• State of Chihuahua, Mexico (Wikipedia). See Pecan South Magazine backgrounder on pecan farms in Mexico and, as an introduction, the Milwaukee Public Museum entry on the Tarahumara
• Definition of “anhydrous”
• Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (Washington State, USA)
• RangeMe
• Some of the other companies mentioned by Anthony: BASF, Sephora, L’Oreal
• What Is Dropshipping and How Does It Work? (2025) - Shopify
• Futurpreneur, Connected North, Export Navigator, Export Development Canada
• Other Indigenous-owned Canadian beauty brands: Satya, Yukon Soaps, Loakin, Skwalwen, Cheekbone Beauty
• Canton Fair
• The “Two Michaels” (Wikipedia)
• National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) and NACCA Youth Business Advisory Council

Acknowledgments

The Executive Producer of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast is Robert Washburn. Special thanks to Daniela Scoppa, Heather Cannings and John Hayden. This project is made possible with the support of FedDev Ontario and the Government of Canada.

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