Business Update: Owner of Organic Earthling Considering Setting Up a Franchise
Business recently moved to a new location in OswegoBy Stefan YablonskiEarlier this summer, The Organic Earthling moved from downtown Oswego to the city’s eastern edge — the Lowe’s Plaza, 437 State Route 104.Owner and managing partner Lindsay Gaffney is considering an even bigger move — taking the business nationwide.“I’ve had several business owners in the past couple of weeks approach me asking if we were interested in developing it into a franchise,” she said. “So we’re in the research and development phase to create the easiest ways to be able to duplicate what we do across the nation.”An herbalist, certified in plant medicine through Cornell University, Gaffney’s currently studying for her doctorate in naturopathy through Kingdom College of Natural Health.“I expect to complete my doctorate studies by 2027,” she said.She studied graphic design and fine art at Mohawk Valley Community College. While studying fine art, artistic anatomy is what sparked her love and fascination with the intricately woven workings of the human body.“Building my personal library, I engaged in a self-study of anatomy and physiology providing a foundational grasp on the working mechanisms of the human body,” she explained.She and her husband, James, opened their business in August 2020 in (more…)