Organic Product Spotlight: Jack’s Harvest
About a year ago a mama named Connie Pope from Jack’s Harvest (an organic baby food company) reached out to me as a fellow Atlanta based mama-preneur to share resources and experiences as supreme jugglers of all things life. See, Jack’s Harvest, like Tiny Revolutionary, is focused on producing the best for babies and that kind of makes us partners in crime - the good kind of crime of course. At the time, I was just migrating most of Viv’s food to Organic only options but meeting Connie really connected me to the cause even more intimately. To quote directly from the Jack’s Harvest site:
At this important time when little brains and organs are growing, pound for pound children are more vulnerable to higher concentrations of pesticides than adults. That is why all Jack’s Harvest baby foods are made from the best quality certified organic produce, herbs and spices. And because organic farming is more environmentally friendly, you’re promoting both a healthier lifestyle and a better world for your baby’s future.
Yeah, so basically if you’re not feeding your baby organic products you’re going to hell in a hand basket or, at least, you’re being more than a wee irresponsible. There are so many great organic baby food options now that there’s really no excuse - even Toys R Us has an organic food aisle that’s actually pretty awesome. Yeah, once Toys R Us is carrying organic food you know the band wagon is on the move so hop on!
Embrace organic options - yes, they’re a bit more expensive but instead of spending $30 on some lump of mechanized plastic crap that your kid will get sick of in 10 minutes, spend the extra cash on the stuff that goes in their body - the stuff that matters. No, they won’t jump up and down with glee because you gave them organic pureed Mangoes but that’s not how we make parenting choices. If that was the case, we’d just feed them gummy worms and Dr. Pepper for every meal and let them play with matches all day.
So, in sum, choose organic options for your kids whenever possible and don’t let the pressure for purity make you feel paralyzed. Do what you can . . . buy an organic tee or two instead of the mass-produced stuff from Target and if you can replace 50% of your kids’ diet with organic options, that’s great! That’s a lot more than most parents are doing right now and c’mon, is there anything more satisfying than feeling superior to other parents? Nah! Bon Appetit! :)