Ep130- Nutrition Tips + The Best Baby Food Money Can Buy - Cassandra of Once Upon a Farm

The Food Startups Podcast

Doing research for this interview, I quickly realized that this is no ordinary baby food. It utilizes start of the art technology. And adults love it too!

Cassandra Curtis is a nutrition fanatic foodie with an extensive background in the health and wellness spheres.

Her deep understanding of business operations, nutrition and food, combined with the experience of being a mother to two little ones, led her to pursue her ultimate passion: to create a one-of-a-kind HPP baby food line that would become the gold standard in childhood nutrition.

In this episode, we talk all things nutrition, health, caffeine and more:

• Experiences at the Optimum Health Institute
• Moving from a kitchen startup to a co-packer
• How Matt would react if he was diagnosed with cancer
• Did drinking copious amounts of soda as a child ruin my adult health?
• How nutrition affects mood and psychology
• Two things you can subtract from your diet for a healthier, better life.
• What is epigenetics?
• Packaging tips -- Phthalate and BPA free
• The Magic HPP - High Pressure Processing (photos below)
• The dangers of "shelf stable" food
• Matt’s 3-day coffee rule
• Sourcing produce from the West Coast
• Michael Pollan's Rules of Food
• Packaging tips

As promised: HPP Machine - High Pressure Processing:

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