Jonathan Tescher
Jonathan Tescher
Overview
Jonathan Tescher is an entrepreneur and small business consultant with experience in food, social enterprise, nonprofits and community development. He started the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market and worked with state and federal agencies to become the first farmers market in Georgia to accept SNAP benefits (formerly food stamps) . While the Farmer Services Coordinator a Georgia Organics, Jonathan consulted farms and farmers markets throughout Georgia and worked across the industry with suppliers, distributors, retailers and academia. Most recently he worked with investors to launch Sparta Imperial Mushrooms as part of an economic development initiative in an economically distressed small town. There he directed all farm and business operations, which included supplying two Whole Foods Market stores in Atlanta. Jonathan holds an MBA from Georgia State University and a BA in marketing from The University of Texas at Austin.