08/22/2026
When I started The Buckeye Lady in my home kitchen in 2020, there was no storefront or food carts- just a product I believed in, a phone, and social media.
I’m sharing my original post from 2020 alongside this ad because it’s such a reminder of where all of this started. Before the storefront, the team, the events, the partnerships, and all of the opportunities that have come since, there were social media posts from my home kitchen asking people to take a chance on my buckeyes.
Facebook and Instagram gave me a way to tell my story, show people what I was making, find customers, and slowly build a community around this little business. So when Meta asked me to share my small-business story, I said yes.
I know conversations surrounding large companies and data centers can be complicated, and I don’t want my participation in this campaign to dismiss or minimize the experiences or concerns of anyone who has been directly affected by them. My role in this campaign is simply to speak about something I know firsthand:
✨ what these platforms have meant to my small business ✨
Social media helped take The Buckeye Lady from a post on my phone and a cottage bakery to a storefront, a growing team, and opportunities I never could have imagined when I hit “post” for the first time on April 4, 2020.
I’m incredibly proud of what I’ve been able to build with the help of social media, and pretty excited to share this full-circle moment with you.
