219: Meet Jerri Evans, The Turning Natural Juice Bar Founder Transforming Lives in the Black Community (REWIND)
Side Hustle Pro
Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Side Hustle Pro alum Jerri Evans founded six Turning Natural Juice Bar storefronts in eight years and has employed over 87 people in her community in that time. Growing up in SE Washington, D.C. she watched her mom and others struggle to find healthy options, while carry-outs and corner stores were readily available. Now she is leaving an indelible impact in SE and beyond.
Jerri first sat in the guest chair in 2017, and I have been endlessly impressed and inspired by her ever since. I love that she makes it a point to transform areas that historically do not have access to fresh produce. She aims to eradicate food deserts (areas that do not have access to such healthy options).
Now with catchy names like Swizz Beets, Green Latifah, and Mi’Kale Jackson, Jerri has initiated creative ways to invite customers to try out cold-pressed juices they’ve never had.
Listen to this rewind episode to hear how Jerri transformed a tragic life event into an impactful business that’s ensuring better health for underserved communities and so much more.
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Turning Natural - @TurningNatural
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| 0:00.0 | And we're just saying make the better choice. You don't have to make this choice every single day, but make the better choice when you have the opportunity to. You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your |
| 0:20.0 | Side Hustle from Passion Project to profitable business and I'm your host |
| 0:24.3 | Michaela Matthew Zocome. So let's get started. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey guys this week we continue with my flashbacks with some of my favorite |
| 0:35.0 | Side Husto Pro guests of all time this episode features Jerry Evans |
| 0:39.2 | founder and owner of Turning Natural Juice Bars. I appreciate this episode for several reasons. |
| 0:45.7 | Number one, I really appreciate Jerry being able to share the impetus for her starting |
| 0:50.2 | turning Natural with us, as it was influenced by personal tragedy and I know |
| 0:56.0 | that can't be easy to recount time and time again so thank you for that Jerry. |
| 1:01.1 | Number two I also love that she was easy to talk to. |
| 1:05.0 | It felt like talking to a friend, and some of you may not realize that often when I interview people, |
| 1:11.0 | it is my first time ever chatting with them outside of emails. |
| 1:15.1 | So it's just always a great feeling when we naturally have great rapport. |
| 1:20.6 | Number three, Jerry and I both attended a retreat called the My Taut You Retreat hosted by |
| 1:26.1 | My League Teal back in May 2019 and it was really great to meet her in person so listening to this |
| 1:32.3 | episode just brings back feel good |
| 1:34.2 | vibes and makes me so happy. Jerry also came out to my Side Hustle Pro live show in |
| 1:39.1 | October 2019. You can see pictures of that on my Instagram and she showed love there as well. |
| 1:45.7 | Number four, it is like from the moment we chatted I related to her energy and spirit |
| 1:50.5 | and it was the same way in person and the support is mutual. |
| 1:53.6 | Whenever I am in the area of a turning natural store I have to slide through and |
| 1:58.0 | grab a juice. What Jerry has built is just so inspirational to me and what she's continuing to build. |
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