They keep an updated list of locations on their social media pages (Rural Revival on Facebook).īut despite the high cost of fuel, Gretter says the idea of being mobile appealed to all three of them. Like any heavy food truck, the fuel economy is poor and in these days of high gas prices the women are for now keeping business close to Keokuk and Washington counties, but they will be at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on June 8-10, for the World Pork Expo. “We really couldn’t have done any of this without them,” she said. Instead, Gretter said their husbands have been their biggest fans and supporters.īerg agrees. They pitched the idea to their farmer husbands (selling them on the fact that there is more coffee traded around the world than corn or soybeans), expecting some resistance. She reached out to Berg and Hahn and one night over margaritas they decided to make it happen. “I was like, ‘Oh, I would love to do that,’” Gretter said. But what began as a joke quickly grew when Miss Emma (Junktiquing at Slim’s), an antique business on Broadway Avenue in Keota, posted something on social media about looking for a mobile coffee truck to set up in the parking lot for an upcoming Rural Road Trip.Ĭreated in 2019, the Rural Road Trip is a self-guided route across various parts of Iowa showcasing the shopping and attractions in the state’s hidden gem communities. Gretter, 41, said she was joking around one night about starting up a mobile coffee shop. The idea behind Rural Revival started out somewhat as wordplay two years ago. “We’re sad about (leaving) all the kids and our coworkers,” Hahn said, “but we also have to think about ourselves and what’s going to continue to let us go on that path of having balance in our lives.” The decision to leave teaching was bittersweet. All are married to farmers, who have demanding schedules of their own. Gretter, Berg and Hahn realized their mental health was suffering as they were trying to maintain their careers in the public school system during the COVID-19 pandemic while juggling family responsibilities at home. “It’s been really rough with teaching.”īerg, who spent the previous 15 years teaching, recently retired from the Keota preschool to pursue this new passion.
“We saw (the coffee truck) as our time to try to do something new and revive,” Berg, 38, told the Des Moines Register.
While slowing down in a caffeinated world may seem like an oxymoron, for these new entrepreneurs the revitalization couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s a book they say they try to live by now. The women keep a copy of “Growing Slow,” a book by former Des Moines Register reporter Jennifer Dukes Lee, on display in their truck. So, I have lots of reviews to post.“We’re trying to live a life of slowing down and having balance,” said Hahn, 33, a former fourth grade teacher. I picked up Elektra by Jennifer Saint which transported me back to a time of Trojan wars and Greek myth and finally I had an absolute blast with KC Jones Black Tide which is a dark and tentacled day at the beach. I read and loved Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandell.
CAFFEINATED BOOK PLUS
Also, as planned, I completed the three books that I outlined last week plus an extra one: The third in the Stoker-Wilde series : Land of the Dead. This is the latest Rachel Aaron book : The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow which I had a very good time with. I completed my blog tour book which will be posted on Tuesday. I’m making good progress and have started to backtrack with my own comments. This week has been a lovely week and also a little bit lazy so I’ve managed to pack in quite a few books and visit a few blogs. So, I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. I rather got out of the habit of doing this but I would like to reinstate this type of post as I feel it keeps me on track. I’m trying to get back into the habit of doing a round-up of the week just completed and also take a look at my plans for the forthcoming week.
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