Sure, yes, election day might I remind you though the economy don't wait from American

public media.

This is Marketplace.

In Los Angeles, I'm Kai Rizzo.

It is Tuesday.

Today this one's the eighth of November.

It is always to have you along everybody.

There are in this economy says the small business administration something like 32 and a half

million small businesses.

And that's companies with 500 employees or less.

The vast majority of those small businesses have of course far fewer people working in

them.

And they account for something like 45% of all private payrolls.

So it should be a matter of no small concern.

That's some recent surveys show those small businesses aren't especially optimistic about

where things are headed.

Marketplace's sub-rebenisher gets us going.

Anna Hammond is founder and CEO of matriarch foods.

They take surplus food and remnants that would be wasted and turn them into products for

schools, food banks, even hospitals.

So we just launched the first climate neutral upcycled pasta sauces.

She's about to increase her staff from 4 to 7.

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