[Southsider2k12]

http://www.westernherald.com/arts_and_ente...e532652972.html

Former Western Michigan University PhD candidate Tim Bauer, 31, has gone above and beyond his educational career by achieving his dream job - owning and operating his own grocery store.

The store, called "Quality Beet," will be opening this February in Bauer's hometown of Michigan City, IN, with a prideful offering of healthy food to the consumer marketplace that sets it apart from other grocery options.

"The focus is on being sustainable and having low waste, while also being affordable and offering mostly healthy food," Bauer said about the mission statement of his store. "My motivation is to offer affordable and healthy food in area where those options don't exist. Additionally, I want to find more sustainable and low waste options for food selling, purchasing, and consumption.”

[diggler]

As long as they have buckwheat, triphala and ghee butter. Otherwise....

[Tim]

http://www.westernherald.com/arts_and_ente...e532652972.html

I said this on the FB page - I wish this young man the best, but based on the morbid obesity on display in Michigan City during my visit last month it's hard to see a health store thriving there. Still - there's always hope.