Mansika fills baskets with natural Boulder goods

BOULDER – Arron Mansika’s passion for his business came from a lifelong interest in environmental activism.

Mansika’s business, Boulder’s Best Organics, creates gift boxes of locally produced, all-organic products ranging from foods to candles and toiletries.

Mansika said he got the idea for his business after doing a fundraiser for the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center where he raised money by selling all-natural products made in Boulder.

Now he’s making money. His two-employee company increased revenue 748 percent from $16,162 in 2006 to$136,994 in 2008. The increase ranks Boulder’s Best Organics in the No. 2 slot of the Boulder County Business Report’s…