Business
BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
Farm stand employee Christina Ramirez egg washing bread.
Owner Chadwick Stahlman opened Stahlman’s at Bear Creek-Farm Stand and Pecans in 2010.
PHOTOS BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN COMMUNITY IMPACT
Small grocer provides fresh produce options Since 2015, Stahlman’s at Bear Creek-Farm Stand and Pecans has served as a small grocer situated between Canyon Lake and New Braunfels. How it started Chadwick Stahlman and his wife, Elizabeth,
Stahlman’s at Bear Creek-Farm Stand and Pecans sells an array of fresh produce including tomatoes, carrots, onions and potatoes.
How it’s going Stahlman’s father-in-law, Hardy Purvis, helped him kick-start the farm stand adventure by provid- ing fresh produce from his farm in Buda. Now, Stahlman’s at Bear Creek-Farm Stand and Pecans sources all of its vegetables, fruits and cheeses from farmers in Fredericksburg, Seguin, Spicewood, Pearsall and Mason. The farm stand also bakes an assortment of bread such as sourdough from an old starter, olive oil sea salt baguettes, scones and chocolate croissants. Not only that, but the farm stand o ers meats, New Mexico hatch chiles and special seasonal items such as pumpkins and Western-Or- egon Christmas trees.
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started a farm stand venture a decade ago because they wanted to feed their kids “the best food in the world.” The endeavor began with selling boxes of peaches out of the back of his grandfather’s Isuzu Trooper in 2010. In 2015, he built a brick-and-mor- tar shop on the property now known as Stahlman’s at Bear Creek-Farm Stand and Pecans, to serve as a small grocery store.
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5511 FM 2722, New Braunfels www.facebook.com/stahlmans
Family owned and operated inNew Braunfels, TX
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830.660.1015 • 3630 HUNTER RD. NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78132 WWW.HUNTERROADCUSTOMFRAMING.COM
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