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American University

B.A., Business

1970

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387: What It’s Like to Start Farmer’s Markets w/ Mitch Berliner, Bethesda Central Farm Markets [Main T4C episode]

Mitch Berliner, co-founder and owner of Bethesda Central Farm Market, has been a trailblazer and entrepreneur in the food industry for over 30 years. Shortly after graduating from college, he started the gourmet-to-go concept. A few years later he founded Berliner Foods which introduced people in the Mid-Atlantic region to..

Career Path

Interview Highlights

“I was always interested in food. Food was a very, very big part of our upbringing.”

Best Career Advice

“We kept my job as a teacher to get the farm stands and the market’s going. Then we kept the markets going to buy some equipment for the wholesale business.”

Career Challenge

“I would say my biggest problem was myself. I wasn’t good at delegating. And there was a couple of times I almost had a breakdown from just working around the clock.”