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and sold it at farmers’ markets and local restaurants,” he adds. “At the farmers’ market, I was exposed to consumers looking for a healthier option.”
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When the opportunity arose to buy Daily Bread Market, he took it. “This allowed us to make our own market for our lettuce,” he says. “We grow bib lettuce, French crisp, romaine, oak leaf, leaf lettuce. Those are the main ones.” Thanks to the way Chupp grows his lettuce, he sells it year-round.
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Lamar Chupp, the owner of Amish grocery Daily Bread Market, grew up understanding the benefits of eating healthy. “I grew up on a farm, so understanding where food came from was always a part of my life,” he says.
His healthy living drive extends beyond the produce section. Throughout the store, there are several healthy food options, like kombucha, made in-house, and Zevia, a soft drink that is sweetened with sugar alternative, stevia. They’re even an authorized distributor for Trim Healthy Mama, a health and wellness advocacy plan.
However, it wasn’t until he and his wife became vendors at local farmers’ markets that he really started getting involved in the health food world.
Daily Bread Market has a popular in-house bakery where they make a variety of items, including cookies, regular and gluten-free granola, muffins and breads. Seasonally, they also serve pies and flavored breads, all of which are extremely popular.
“We had an aquaponics business where we raise organic lettuce
“Not everything is healthy, but even in the bakery, we use whole
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