Elizabeth Ryan developed a passion for agriculture from earlier generations and is CEO of Breezy Hill Orchard.
Developed for and sold to thousands of New Yorkers in the Union Square Green Market, their products include apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, and the value-added products that come from these fruits. The most significant of these value-added products is draft cider, for which the company aggressively raised private equity to launch a national product.
Elizabeth Ryan is a graduate of Cornell University.
The other thing is that we've developed sort of a peer group almost, an informal peer group in the Hudson Valley. There are a group of growers who think a little bit out of the box. We are the risk takers, and some of us have been hammered financially. When you make that leap and you don't do the...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Elizabeth Ryan Discusses Product Lines of Breezy Hill Orchard and Hudson Valley Draft Cider Company
Elizabeth Ryan States Success of Breezy Hill Orchard Due to NYC's Union Square Green Market
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