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.
We early on went to a beer distributor in New York City and we showed him our projections and he said to us, "I don't think you can hit these numbers. I don't think it is sustainable. I think you can hit those numbers out the gate but then you are going to attract a lot of attention and you are go...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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