I’d like to speak to what Kami mentioned in his post when he spoke about our environment being an invaluable resource. Our environment is something that I have always valued, since my daughter Dakota was born, my passion has grown even more. I am currently reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan and it is an eye opener. I have learned so much about the pet food industry, I have been so engrossed in it; I never gave much thought to how our human food industry operates. Reading this book as fueled my desire to make a difference, I highly recommend it.
My respect for this planet we inhabit is great and now more than ever I do my best to incorporate green living into our everyday life. Not only in my personal life, in business too.
Natasha’s Food for Paws is a company that contributes to the environment. We make sure that our company leaves a light footprint on the environment through recycling and sourcing our ingredients from sustainable and organic producers. As we continue to grow, so will the amount that we can contribute to our local community and our global environment.
Many wishes of health and happiness!!!
Natasha
Published on February 4, 2008
in About Us.
Hi again. I guess part of finding my voice, is identifying who I am so, I’ll share a little history today. As I said, my name is Kami. I’ve been a banker for the last 10 years and as you can probably guess, Banking and Pet Food don’t have a lot in common. It’s only since I met my business partner Natasha, that I’ve started educating myself on the pet food industry (and my dog Murphy definitely appreciates it!! Smile.) It’s funny, the more I’ve learned, the less it seems I know. Every day, I find that customers are educating me. For example,
1. Did you know?
That the American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) created the Nutrient Profiles used today because the pet food industry found the National Research Council’s (the NRC) feeding trials too expensive and restrictive?
The NRC’s guidelines were the standard until the late 80’s. However, the NRC’s standards were based on purified diets and required extensive feeding trials to determine if a pet food was “complete” and/or “balanced.” The pet food industry found this too expensive and restrictive so AAFCO created an alternate method of determining the nutritional adequacy of pet food by testing for compliance with “Nutrient Profiles.”
hmmmm… this post is getting a bit long so, I’ll explain “Nutrient Profiles” in my next post.
Bye for now,
Kami
Published on February 2, 2008
in About Us.
Dear Blog? Hmmmm…. Hi, I’m Kami? I guess I’m not really sure how to start.
My business partner said I should find my voice as I expressed my fears to her about blogging.
This got me to thinking, “What is our voice?” Perhaps in searching for my voice, I might find it in trying to describe “our” voice. So, here goes;
We believe in the Health and Wellness of our family pets. We believe our pets are an extension of our family and therefore should be treated as such. We believe that Good Health starts with diet and excercise. With the rash of pet food recalls, we believe that cooking for our pets is the safest way to insure a healthy diet. We believe love goes a long way towards good health and that pets provide it unconditionally so, shouldn’t we do the same?
We believe in sustainable living. The environment we live in is a limited resource and we should do everything we can to sustain and replenish it.
hmmmm… I should probably stop with the ”we” at this point before Natasha has a heart attack. While we agree on the above, Natasha already has her own voice and doesn’t need me to provide it for her. Smile.
Thanks for listening,
Kami
One of the first things to consider when creating our recipes was the quality of the ingredients that we use. Our ingredients have always come from the same companies that we humans buy our food from. It has never been and never will be an option to use anything less. Throughout, Natasha’s Food for Paws is 100% antibiotic and hormone free. You can be assured that Natasha’s Food for Paws uses only the highest quality, human grade ingredients.
The animals we share this earth with are no less important than us and they don’t deserve to be subjected to eating diseased animals as their source of nutrition. They do not have a voice for themselves and being the cognitive creatures that we are, it is our responsiblility to protect them.
Best,
Natasha
