They Had a Lot of Ideas for Starting a Business--and a Lot of Kombucha Lying Around. Finally, the Two Came Together

They Had a Lot of Ideas for Starting a Business--and a Lot of Kombucha Lying Around. Finally, the Two Came Together

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In 2012, the founders of Health-Ade seized an opportunity to sell the store of homemade bubbly tea that was accumulating in their apartment. Almost immediately, a fast-growing premium brand was born.

https://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/daina-trout-founders-project-health-ade-ceo.html

Today's blog is written by our very own Daina Trout, MS, MPH

Daina is not just our Co-Founder, she is also a nutritionist that has spent her adult life dedicated to finding and sharing health and wellness through food. With 2 masters' degrees in nutritional biochemistry and public health, Daina has called upon her education often while leading the way at Health-Ade - from how we make every batch of kombucha, to how we talk about gut health to consumers, to even how healthy our employee workplace is! She even writes a few blogs here and there. Happy reading! :)

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