Photo of glass bottle type used for bottling kombucha
BY DAVE LAVENDER FOR THE HERALD DISPATCH
As a counselor, teacher, and musician, Huntingtonian Mark Smith has made a name for himself educating others and doing his part to create a smarter, kinder Tri-State.
But, of late, he is increasingly also known for elevating the area’s beverage game as one of the first homebrewers to take kombucha to market.
Winners of $10,000 from the Strong Mountain Communities program at the first-ever West Virginia Good Jobs Conference at Tamarack in Beckley in November, Mark Smith and his wife Gina Hart-Smith have spun their exploration of a healthy hobby – brewing kombucha – into an official side business that has launched in Huntington.
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When he started feeling nauseous as well, his first reaction was to refill the water bottle he keeps at his desk and get an omelet from the cafeteria downstairs. Feeling better afterwards, he made sure to mention this episode to our clinical nutritionist when he called in for his checkup that afternoon.