Podcast #8: Cleveland Farm Scene's Boy Wonder

Welcome to Small Batch Dispatch, Episode 8. Today, I’m chatting with my friend, Trevor Clatterbuck, the founder of Fresh Fork Market, a weekly farm-buying club that delivers local, fresh foods to over 3000 customers weekly in Northeast Ohio. But it’s so much more than just groceries. Trevor’s new project, Ohio City Provisions, is a meat and curing company and local foods grocer that will be located in a storefront in Ohio City. It’s due to open by Thanksgiving and is his first partnership with Chef Adam Lambert and also his first physical location. Today, we talk a little bit about how a broke college student not only started a vibrant and successful business but really created a movement around connecting with and understanding how our food gets from farm to table. Fresh Fork Market has grown over the last few years from serving 40 to 3000 weekly customers, and with that growth has also come lessons about starting, running and maintaining a growing business. We discuss topics ranging from what’s important (and not important) when creating a business plan, hiring employees who find value in their jobs and even when you should pay professionals for their own expertise, rather than trying to do it all yourself. Find Trevor here -------------> www.freshforkmarket.com

Trevor’s new project, Ohio City Provisions, is a meat and curing company and local foods grocer that will be located in a storefront in Ohio City. It’s due to open by Thanksgiving and is his first partnership with Chef Adam Lambert and also his first physical location. Today, we talk a little bit about how a broke college student not only started a vibrant and successful business but really created a movement around connecting with and understanding how our food gets from farm to table. Fresh Fork Market has grown over the last few years from serving 40 to 3000 weekly customers, and with that growth has also come lessons about starting, running and maintaining a growing business. We discuss topics ranging from what’s important (and not important) when creating a business plan, hiring employees who find value in their jobs and even when you should pay professionals for their own expertise, rather than trying to do it all yourself.

Find Trevor here -------------> www.freshforkmarket.com