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6 year old Chloe Gertner
A News Story from Joy Robertson
Kolr 10
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Pleasant Hope, MO) -- It's the season for summer fruits and vegetables, and no one knows that better than a young lady from Pleasant Hope.
With her own business, and a flair for salesmanship that has customers coming back for seconds, she's on her way to one sweet career.
Just try keeping 6-year-old Chloe Gertner out of the family garden.
"She is an outdoor child," says Stacy Gertner, Chloe's mother. "She loves to be outside."
Stacy recognized her daughter's green thumb last summer when basil leaves caught her eye.
"We got to the point where she wanted to be the one that picked it, and she just got a bowl and would go pick me a bowl full of basil and finally she said, 'I want my own.'"
Her ever-growing harvest gave Chloe an idea -- a business plan -- to help finance her fancy lifestyle.
"What will you do with the money?" Joy asks.
"Go to Sea World," responds Chloe.
"How much money do you need to go to Sea World?"
"I don't know," says Chloe.
So with a little help from mom, and her baby sister, Chloe inventories, packages, and takes her goods to market -- the Fair Grove Farmers' Market.
Chloe tempts customers with samples of tomato basil soup and plenty of spoons.
If you think her sales pitch is a little soft, just try saying no.
"Would you like to try my soup?" Chloe asks potential customers.
"The soup was awesome," critiques a young customer. "Only two words to describe it: epic and awesome."
Customers can't get enough. Thus far, neither can Chloe.
"$22 dollars is what you're up to," Stacy tells Chloe.
"She wants to know if that's enough to go already. I told her not quite yet."
Undaunted, Chloe expands her sales territory and reaffirms her commitment.
"They gave her a free plant at the farmers' market, so that really got her interested in planting and taking care of things," says Stacy.
It's called Growing with Kids. And just watch her grow.
"Altogether you have made $35," says mom Stacy at the end of the day.
"Is that enough to go to Sea World?" asks Chloe.
"Not quite yet," replies her mother. "You need a little bit more."
Chloe sells three varieties of basil -- sweet, lemon and cinnamon -- every Wednesday at the Fair Grove Farmers' Market.
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