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Salt | 4 SaltSalt || SouthwestSouthwest OhioOhio || September/OctoberSeptember/October 20172017 || 55 LORA ABERNATHY in chief of Salt magazine. is the editor Lora Gary. husband, with her in Hillsboro She lives she injuries, not sidelined by When she’s at 937-382- Reach her in triathlons. competes 2574 or [email protected]. STERRETT ADRIENNE MCGEE Adrienne and is the editor of Salt magazine The Lima editor for lifestyle/special sections a life story has everyone She believes News. Reach her at 567-242-0510 or sharing. worth [email protected]. LISA WATSON She Lisa is a designer of Salt magazine. her husband, Ohio with in southwest resides landscapes and the rural She enjoys Dennis. of Clinton County. community the hometown Reach her at [email protected]. BEATHARD JANE She is a Jane is a writer for Salt magazine. in The Madison Press staff writer for retired media is also the retired and Ohio, London, manager of the Ohio Department of relations Resources. Natural FRANCES KAY humorist and author is a motivational Kay keynote humorous giving Wilmington, from management work- and stress presentations She is the the United States. shops all over A Thing about Stress; “The Funny author of Guide to a Happier Life.” Humorous Seriously Visit kayfrances.com. SARAH ALLEN When is a writer for Salt magazine. Sarah she can be found scrap- not writing, she’s or cooking. reading booking, Staff/Contributors 18 19 18 19 ......

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The mobile coffee shop sells roasted “It’s super yummy,” she added. ship and to also share stories with the coffee beans as well as fresh-brewed The only rule with naming the drinks customers. coffee and espresso drinks. is that any suggestions have to be rural/ “It’s not fast-paced,” Cockerill added.

September/October 201 Recently, Fertile Grounds has begun a farming themed. “We’re there to build community.” | Name that Coffee contest through social All the drinks at Fertile Grounds are Cockerill, who is also an associate media. Cockerill shared some of the made from the shop’s own beans, which professor at Wilmington College, added suggested names, saying that one — a are ordered green from a co-op. The that the mobile coffee shop will be a chai latte made with Half and Half — was beans are roasted twice a week and is seasonal part of the Fertile Grounds ven- dubbed a Farmer’s Tan by one Facebook about a two-hour process, Cockerill said. ture. It will not operate during the school fan. And while coffee may have been the year; however, Fertile Grounds’ bagged “It’s super creamy on the bottom and inspiration for Fertile Grounds, the shop roasts will still be available for purchase the chai tea floats to the top of it, and it itself has quickly become about much at local coffee shops, such as Batter Up Southwest Ohio

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