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Meet our REAL Moms. Each shares her unique journey..It's not about perfection, it's just about being REAL.

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Lisa Imerman

Meet Lisa Imerman. "Include your kids in the process. My kids help in the kitchen and love to help cook. They also go to the farms where we get our food and they see how it is grown or raised and it really does make a difference to them. We try to teach them about what we do and why so that they are learning with us and want to do try new things and new ways to eat."

Susan Fisher

Meet Susan Fisher. "Our kids will grow up and make their own choices some day! Live by example and take advantage of every opportunity to help them make wise, educated choices."

Dana Reed

Find out why Dana Reed makes REAL food a priority for her family while keeping her grocery bill lower than before! "Start with some common sense things you already know in your heart. Neon or brightly dyed “food“, for example, would be a good start. If it isn’t a color found in nature, it probably shouldn’t be in your child’s food. Start simple, don’t get frustrated and just keep learning and trying."

Julie Margo

Find out how Julie Margo keeps her monthly REAL food bill so low. "I have been increasingly aware of the food I give our family. I used to always be interested in food that wasn’t processed, but after watching Food Inc., I realized that I also wanted to

commit to food that was raised ethically too."

Yeda Auten-Arscott

Find out how Yeda Arscott uses natural remedies and REAL food to keep her kids healthy. "Try not to be obsessed or be consumed with fear and cynicism regarding all the negative information out there in the world concerning food issues. There is no such thing as a bed of roses, so don’t think you can achieve one in your own proverbial back yard. Keep it simple, local, raw, and fresh (& organic as much as possible). Work with what you’ve got. When making menu and lifestyle choices our parents didn’t have the some tools and knowledge we have today and yet we survived. We will probably make mistakes along the way, but everything is a lesson to be learned. And that’s life."

Yeda Auten-Arscott

Heidi Sytsema

Find out which book inspired Heidi Sytsema to incorporate more REAL food in her family's diet. "And while my kids do their share of grumbling and eat their share of junk food, every once in a while they make one of those priceless food-related comments that lets me know they’re really learning through this process and they’re off to a good healthy start!"

Teri Johnson

Find out how Teri's diagnosis with a rare cancer got her started on her REAL food journey. "If you can follow your plan 90% of the time then that is enough. Lose the all or nothing attitude and just take one day at a time. Reflect on your day before you go to bed at night and instead of getting down on yourself because you weren’t perfect just set goals to accomplish the next day."

Kelly Ross

Find out how our Mom of the Month Kelly Ross' diagnosis with Celiac's Disease helped her family. "First take care of YOURSELF because if you are not well everyone in your family suffers. Then focus on learning anything and everything you can about healthy living and then live it."

Kelle Miller

Meet Kelle Miller and find out how her son's autism diagnosis started her on a REAL food journey. "I strongly suggest that you ALWAYS listen to your intuition, it is there to guide you."

Lisa Pierzynski

Meet Lisa Pierzynski and find out why her friend Lisa McIntyre nominated her! "There is so much junk food out there and kids think that these foods are great for them; if we can take the time to inform kids why certain foods are better choices for their bodies we would be building very strong, responsible young people."

Karin Van Andel

Meet Karin Van Andel and find out the basics on her REAL food journey with her family! "It’s such a small way to impact our kids’ future. I’m amazed at how much they’ve learned about healthy choices."

Suzy Shoberg

Meet Suzy Shoberg from California. "Exercise all year around. Find ways to keep your children active during the winter whether it’s at the local recreation center or outdoors in the snow. During the year take time to walk with your children…a simple walk in the neighborhood, to school, or a nature trail. This will give you time to connect with each other."

Nicole Buckey

Nicole shares what she feeds her 10-year old son every day. "I can’t control what my son eats 24/7 so by giving him healthy options when I can control it is key."

Yvette Berman

Yvette talks about her journey back to Real Foods. "Always vocalize the importance of why you’re feeding your children real, wholesome food (even though they may want fast-food), because you want them to grow up with healthy bodies, and mostly, because you love them!"

Jenny Morley

Jenny talks about nutrition choices for her family. "You have to pick and choose what makes the most sense for your family. It can get overwhelming, so you have to do your research and decide what areas are the most important to you. Remember raising healthy, happy kids is a journey."

Ann Marie Maccani

Ann Marie shares insight on her family's nutrition. "My 3-1/2 year old knows the difference between what is healthy and what isn’t. They might still want the unhealthy food, but even if it is years from now, you’ve instilled in a child good healthy eating habits."

Michelle Pillen

Michelle discusses changing her family's eating habits. "Do things to make you happy because this is contagious. I never would have believed how a healthy diet would have as big an impact as it has on our goal of being healthy and happy."

Kim Weaver

Kim tells us about the benefits of Community Supported Argiculture. "We love our CSA and I get very excited anticipating the arrival of our first box of goodies! "

Diana Patton

Diana talks about fitness routines in her family. "It is not easy because sometimes people don’t want to change but it takes time and persistence wrapped in love to make the difference."

Jennifer Cotaling

Jennifer's decision to use non-toxic household cleaners has helped her son. "Be happy yourself – it’s contagious. As for food, I am TRYING to follow a book I recently read – In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. Eat real food, mostly plants. As for packaged foods it should have five ingredients or less and have no ingredients that you don’t know what they are."

Amy Roach

Amy overhauled her family's diet and had great results with her family's health. "I never would have believed how far the benefits of adopting a healthier diet would extend into the daily life of my family if I had not tried it. Try it!"

Karen Bayoneto

Karen shares how she takes care of herself and her family on a daily basis. "It is very easy to fall into the trap of saying, "They’re kids, so it’s okay." Don’t. We have to remember that good lifestyle choices and good nutrition choices are formed when our kids are young."