After working for a few years in publishing, Shannon Mulligan-Mayernik was uninterested in the nine-to-five grind. She all the time beloved vegetation, and dabbled in her personal backyard earlier than taking a plant medication class – and have become unbelievably hooked. In 2015, Shannon determined to begin a herbalism enterprise known as Mayernik Kitchen alongside her husband Matt.
Shannon and Matt started rising seedlings of their spare bed room, and as Shannon was trying to find extra details about vegetation and vitamin she found the Culinary Vitamin Skilled Program. She famous that the Academy included loads of medicinal and culinary herbs into its curriculum, from elixirs to broths and every thing in between.
Shannon didn’t know the place her enterprise would take her, however she had a sense the Culinary Vitamin Skilled Program may assist her combine her plant data with scrumptious recipe creations.
“It was the proper mixture for me,” she says.
Since 2015, Mayernik Kitchen has expanded from Shannon’s spare bed room into an herb farm (with an apprenticeship) and brick-and-mortar storefront that provides a full product line, cooking courses, and natural schooling. Neighborhood and sharing are on the coronary heart of what Shannon does.
On this unique interview in our on-line group (be part of without spending a dime right here), Shannon shares many gems about beginning, rising and sustaining an herbalism enterprise, in addition to learn how to run an intentional enterprise that helps her group.
This dialog focuses on:
- What drew Shannon to herbalism and plant medicine-making
- What impressed her to create and construct a enterprise
- How she integrates culinary vitamin into her work
- The best lesson from her experiences
- What she needs she’d identified from the beginning
- What retains her motivated each single day
If you’re on the lookout for methods you need to use culinary vitamin to begin a enterprise like Shannon has, or improve your present profession, registration for the 2023 Culinary Vitamin Skilled Program opens April eleventh. Study extra about how one can take your abilities to the following degree.
