To your health
Words by Savannah Whitmer Photos by Eric Morales
When Shauna Martin was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago, she embarked on a mission to stay alive for her then one-year-old son. On her journey to remission, Martin connected health to food and, in the process, discovered the healing properties of green juice.
Amidst chemotherapy and surgeries, Martin turned to nutrient-rich superfoods: the dark, leafy green vegetables that are the cornerstone of her now glowing health. Her appetite for blended greens, fruits, and herbs inspired her to leave her job as a corporate lawyer and start fresh as a plant-based vegan chef. “I decided to really think hard about what I was passionate about, and I’m really passionate about the need to get juice into the hands of everyone,” Martin says.
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Selling her love of juice was another story. It all began after one mad midnight dash more than ten years ago, when on a whim, Martin whisked 60 bottles of cold-pressed green juice to the Mueller Farmers Market. Much to her surprise, she sold out. Thanks to her ability to simplify health, locals that had never had the time to prepare a nutritious vegan meal or didn’t have the patience for a refrigerator exploding with kale became instant and avid supporters.
Besides the allure of each bottle’s high protein, vitamin, and electrolyte content, the real reason behind Daily Greens’ celebrity comes from Martin’s self-taught culinary genius. Her ability to harmonize bizarre ingredient combinations, like Rejuvenate’s carrot, romaine, pineapple, spinach and collard greens mix, is even more remarkable considering her longtime legal experience. Even she admits to being surprised that at the success of the career transition but remarks that it just proves that passion is a powerful motivator. “What I take to juicing is kind of a chef’s approach,” Martin says. “The same ingredients I would use to make an amazing salad also mixes really well into a green juice.”
Martin looks back on the days of selling all 60 bottles of green juice with pride. Since the days when she pressed each individual bottle of good-for-you by hand, local love and a partnership with Whole Foods have elevated Daily Greens to the national spotlight. Martin now produces upwards of 150,000 bottles a week in a historic facility on Springdale Road. “It’s been a crazy ride,” she admits. “We’ve basically doubled the business every year since we started.”
Did you know? Daily Greens blends four and a half pounds of farm-fresh fruits and veggies for each bottle using a cold press process, which extracts juice without leaving nutrients behind.
Contact:
512.524.1500 979
Springdale Rd. #102
drinkdailygreens.com
