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Inside the Green Earth Health Market, there are tables where patrons can work on their laptops and enjoy coffee or a bite to eat. (Photo by Brianna Ferguson)

Green Earth Health Market: From Family Roots to Community Hub

By BRIANNA FERGUSON
SUNY Institute for Local News
ONEONTA

Green Earth Health Market has family in its history, and it’s that homespun essence that drives the business now and into the years ahead.

“I think my father-in-law’s vision was that we were like ‘the hub’ to the community to come get good food and to socialize using the community room,” said Rachael Shaughnessy.

She now owns Green Earth with her husband, Michael. It was his family that bought the business in 2007 and began the mission that continues today.

Walking into the front of the store at 4 Market Street, it at first looks like your standard health food store, with a variety of local, fresh, and organic foods, along with supplements, essential oils, incense, candles, and more.

But its role as a café, coffee shop and community activity center gives Green Earth its soul.

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