By the age of seven, Te'Lario Watkins had already started a thriving mushroom business called Tiger Mushroom Farms.
Watkins, now a 16-year-old student in Columbus, recalled how starting a business so young even landed him on television. Tiger Mushroom Farms is still operating today.
"It was a project at first, and then I was on TV," he said. "I was on Steve Harvey when I was seven and so that was very big for seven-year-old me, a little kid."
Watkins was also featured on WOSU TV's Columbus Neighborhoods in 2017.
Now, he is operating a highly successful nonprofit called the Garden Club Project, focused on empowering children to grow their own food and build a more sustainable food system.
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