Laurel & Ash Farm Featured on Oprah Daily

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Oprah Daily – November 2022

MEET THE DYNAMIC DUOS BEHIND 11 OF OPRAH’S FAVORITE THINGS - By Ana Pelayo Connery

‘If starting your own business sounds like a massive challenge, imagine launching one with your life partner, sibling, or best friend. These entrepreneur pairs, whose products have been handpicked as some of Oprah’s Favorite Things, have found a way to sidestep common pitfalls such as communication breakdowns or power struggles, and instead have thrived as a team. The secrets to their success differ as much as their brands, styles, and backgrounds, but there is one thing these 11 pairs have in common: They all were willing to take a massive leap of faith to start their businesses.

Oh, and another thing these 11 business-owner pairs have in common? It was easy for Oprah to bet on them—along with the rest of the awesome businesses featured on her 2022 Favorite Things list. When you check out the fabulous products they’ve created and read their inspiring stories below, you’ll understand why.’

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Ashley Ruprecht and Jeffrey Schad of Laurel & Ash Farm

‘When Ashley Ruprecht and Jeffrey Schad bought their 50-acre farm in New York State’s Hudson Valley in 2015, the couple were instantly smitten with the sugar maple trees that surrounded their property. Soon, making maple syrup became a winter tradition, and when Schad was laid off from his corporate job in 2017, the couple found the motivation to level up their syrup-making from a hobby to commercial production. “We both wanted to connect to the land, spend more time together, and participate in a regional food system,” says Ruprecht, who owned a millinery business and was doing freelance marketing at the time. The husband-and-wife team wasn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves. Over the next couple of years, they ran thousands of feet of tubing through sugarbush in frigid temperatures, built a sugarhouse and pump house, and started selling their sublime syrup, which has notes of blueberry and mountain laurel, at local farmers’ markets and online. Today at Laurel & Ash Farm, Ruprecht and Schad still tap, wood-fire, bottle, and package their 100 percent pure Grade-A maple syrup on their family farm using sustainable practices. They produce only a limited amount each year and sell it in an elegant bottle designed by Ruprecht.’