Hip Organic Mama

Once we have kids, things change. Choices that didn't matter yesterday become big decisions today. What our children eat today and what we use on and around their bodies will impact their health as well as the health of the planet. We research. We get confused. We throw up our hands not knowing what to do with the contradictory information, but still knowing that we should do something. Hip Organic Mama is a one mama's journey to feed her family real food in today's over-processed world.

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Once we have kids, things change. Our love grows, our bodies change, and choices that didn't matter yesterday become big decisions today that impact health and the future of our environment.

Ahh for the care-free days when ignorance was bliss. But we're mamas now. The decisions we make impact lives, and important lives at that, of the cutest most loved ones on this planet. The decisions we make today on what they will eat and what we use on and around their body impact their health today and will continue to have an effect on their future, as well as the health of the planet in which they will grow and hopefully raise their children. It matters now. So we read. We research. We get confused. We throw up our hands not knowing what to do but still knowing that we should do something.

Hip Organic Mama is a modern mama's perspective on how to apply what we learn to real life. I research both sides, I offer you my perspective and try to include links on both points of view so you can research it for yourself. Then I look for solutions. I look for products or better ways to do things that I apply to my family. If it works for me, hopefully it will help you too.

I didn't study this in school. After graduating from law school I worked to help others do the same; then I worked for Westlaw providing research for attorneys, so food and nutrition is quite a leap. But I have a real passion for food. I love fresh veggies and fruits, colorful and crisp. I love how it looks, smells, feels. I love to eat. I love to cook. When others enjoy what I make, I glow.

That passion for food, and the lack of quality fresh organic produce in our area took me on a turn. I ended up starting an organic grocery delivery service that was well loved for five years. Then our time to expand coupled with the downward economy collided and we were forced to close. I learned a lot about the food industry. I learned things that shocked me as a consumer and I'll be sharing some of those here in my blog. I also learned how to cook veggies that didn't sell out each week in those early years (after that we donated extras to local food shelters twice a week.) I learned how to cook quickly, nutritiously (using lots of different kinds of veggies creatively so even the kids liked them) and deliciously and I will share our family faves with you.

I have always loved to research. I have been researching food and health for over ten years now, when I was pregnant with my first child. I combine my research with my experience in the food industry (and picky kids) to bring you a mamas take on all this. While many sites explain the problem, I was frustrated without suggestions to change. I don't pretend to know the answers to everything, but I do promise to research tirelessly to find the answer to your questions so that we can have healthy children who can support one another in a sustainable world. Thanks for doing your part to tread gently on our planet and make the world, yourself, and your loved ones healthier -