The Happy Pear

We're identical twins Dave & Steve, technically we are mirror twins also, Dave is right handed and right footed and Steve left handed and left footed! Anyhow, we grew up in Greystones, Co. Wicklow the eldest of 4 boys. As identical twins we were super competitive! This meant by the time we were 19 we were playing semi professional rugby, we both played baseball for Ireland, We played off 2 & 3 handicap in golf and we did modelling as it was a good way to meet girls!! At that time we ate a standard meat and 2 veg diet and loved drinking beer with our rugby friends.

After studying business in college, in 2001, aged 21 we went travelling separately to see what else life had on offer. Steve went to Canada to be a snowboard instructor and Dave went to South Africa to become a golf professional. Within a couple of weeks we both independently became plant based and gave up alcohol and got very interested in spirituality and food. We spent the next couple of years travelling around the world delving deep into these 2 new interests from meditation centres to permaculture farms, organic biodynamic farms, alternative community, rainbow gatherings. Then in 2003 Steve called up Dave and asked him if we wanted to help start a ‘food revolution'! This was the seed of The Happy Pear.

Fast forward almost 20 years and the mission is still the same, to create a healthier, happier world and build community! Now The Happy Pear has 3 main business units that all serve the same goal of helping people to eat more veg!