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Tallow, Trust, and Testing: Inside My Neighbor's Rapid Growth

The Startup CPG Podcast · 11 Sept 2026 · 30m · Episode 366

What this episode covers

Harri Magaldi, founder of My Neighbor's, explains how she transitioned from Wall Street to creating a regenerative tallow skincare brand in the Hudson Valley after her daughter developed eczema. She details the brand's rapid growth from selling $4,000 on day one at the Hudson Farmer's Market to securing wholesale partnerships with Anthropologie, Terrain, and QVC, reaching over 500 retailers. Magaldi emphasizes the importance of sourcing grass-fed, grass-finished suet from 12 local farms and investing $30,000 in unprompted microbial, stability, and heavy metal testing to ensure safety and meet retailer standards. The episode highlights her strategy of transparency, naming specific farms, and leveraging community relationships to scale production and distribution nationally.

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companies scaling up

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Companies
My Neighbor's, Anthropologie, Terrain, QVC, UNFI, AirGoods, Shopify, Wovenstar Farms, Liberty Farm, Dirty Dog Farms
Products
Blue Tansy, Sea Buckthorn
Tools
Fair

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