{"id":17,"date":"2012-01-29T23:21:38","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T05:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2012-12-04T18:12:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T00:12:05","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hey, I am Sarah Kowal and I am the visionary-extraordinaire of WeatherVane Creamery.\u00a0 See, I lived in River Falls<\/a> ten years ago as a student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls<\/a> where I got my Bachelors of Science in Horticulture.\u00a0 During that time, I worked at Whole Earth Grocery<\/a> and really got to know the community, especially the local business community on Main Street.\u00a0 In fact, River Falls, Wisconsin is where I got my first taste of running a business (unless you count my paper route when I was eleven or selling donuts at my dad\u2019s auctions at ten).\u00a0 Well, from there I moved on to greener pastures (or so I thought) to take a job in Chicagoland for the largest horticultural company in the world.\u00a0 I then went on to become a store manager at Starbucks Coffee Company<\/a> on the commuter train line in Palatine, IL.\u00a0 During that time, I was acknowledged for being a leader in fiscal responsibility, employee development, customer service, and community involvement (you can get the details on LinkedIn<\/a>).\u00a0 Eventually I made my way to Portland, OR where I was hired to expand a natural foods co-op.\u00a0 I developed systems and teams for the two stores and connected with amazing farmers of wonderful bounties.\u00a0 Peaches, cherries and figs oh my!\u00a0 I was known amongst Portland chefs as an expert in sourcing locally grown specialty fruits and vegetables.\u00a0 I have a great compassion for farmers that provide us with our food and love sharing new and special things with people.\u00a0 I found myself in a position last March to create a new life and recalled with great fondness the wonderful things from River Falls, Wisconsin.\u00a0 I packed up my trusty sidekick and set out on an epic journey across the country that began on Easter Day to come home and put down some deep roots.<\/p>\n

wvcreamery@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.facebook.com\/wvcreamery<\/a><\/p>\n

www.twitter.com\/wvcreamery<\/a><\/p>\n

www.linkedin.com\/in\/sarah99\/<\/a><\/p>\n

www.wvcreamery.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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