Banana Jerky? How Macon Woman Turned ‘Calling’ Into Successful Business
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
Kayla Strickland started Ava’s Apples by dehydrating fruit in her apartment in north Macon in 2017. In less than a year, she became an official manufacturer.
Ava’s Apples, named after Eve from the Bible, has expanded into a dehydration business and specialty gift shop, Strickland said.
“I was praying, and the Lord just birthed this thing in me, you know what I’m saying, and I was like I don’t have enough room here. I need a kitchen,” she said.
Read more at The Telegraph.


