My Story:

(As of July 16th, 2022)

My name is McHale! I grew up on the east coast in Pennsylvania. My Grandparents are very health conscious people and since I was little they have made a delicious frozen dessert I know as Banana Whip. It is made by putting frozen bananas through a masticating juicer and the result is a delicious frozen dessert with a custardy ice cream consistency made from just bananas! At the age of 10 I moved to Southern California with my mom. Since I have been here me and my Mom have been to many local farmers markets trying delicious food and buying produce. I am currently 16 and it has been my lifelong dream to start my own business.

I was thinking of business ideas and I realized that Banana Whip would be a wonderful product to introduce to Southern California. I researched and asked around and it seemed as if very little people in California knew what Banana Whip was. I realized that it was a wonderful product for SoCal’s healthy lifestyle and that I had to find a way to offer it to Southern California. I brainstormed ideas to start my business, thinking of selling it from a food cart or modified golf cart at the beach. And then I realized that a local farmers market would be the perfect place to showcase Banana Whip and build my business. A farmers market would have lots of people willing to try new and healthy food!

I developed a business plan, presented it to the Carlsbad State Street Farmers Market Board, and worked closely with the Market Manager Ron and Chef Sylvester Owino of Rafikiz Foodz to learn the essentials of running a food business at farmers markets.

Since I have started selling Banana Whip at the Carlsbad Market, it seems that people really love it! I am very grateful for this opportunity and I am very excited to expand to other farmers markets and see where Just Bananas takes me!