Hello readers. My name is Sarah Lanphier. I am one of the owners of Nuts About Granola and the author of our blog. I am also a triathlete and an advocate of the buy fresh, buy local movement. To fuel my nutritional needs as an elite endurance athlete on a college budget, I am began experimenting with granola recipes. They were always a hit among family and friends. I started a triathlon team at Elizabethtown College and needed a fundraiser to get us to Nationals in Alabama. I decided to package my famous granola and sell it at a table located in the student commons. The product was a HUGE hit so I began developing Nuts About Granola, llc in conjunction with my business classes. Nuts About Granola, llc officially launched in June of 2008 and has seen steady growth over the year with the support of fellow athletes and community members who believe in supporting their local farmers and producers.
Nuts About Granola, llc has allowed me to live and breathe my passion of bringing back the local famer’s market and preserving the essence of the homegrown, homemade, from the heart approach to bringing food to the table. Nuts About Granola, llc uses only all natural ingredients from as many local growers and producers as possible. We realize we cannot source every ingredient from Pennsylvania because some things just simply can’t grow in its climate. However, if we cannot find a suitable ingredient from PA we do our best to source within the United States. We proudly denote our local ingredients with asterisks on our nutritional labels and provide a link to a list of all of our local suppliers on our website.
As an elite athlete I know how important sponsorship is to races, teams and individual athletes. Sponsors allow athletes to pursue their goals, race directors to hold races for all to enjoy and teams to form so the next generation can continue to grow the sport. I have seen the sport of triathlon boom over the past five years and I am thrilled to be a part of the ride. Nuts About Granola, llc is a proud sponsor of RPE Racing, an elite cycling team located out of Harrisburg, PA (in which I am a member of), the York YWCA Women’s Triathlon and the Harrisburg Triathlon. It is my way of giving back to the sport that has given me so much.
Thank you for taking the time to read my little blurb on life. Please stay tuned for further updates about the company and my attempt to balance growing a business and training for triathlons. I look forward to hearing your comments, reactions and suggestion.
Sarah Lanphier
Owner of Nuts About Granola, llc
