Baby Goes Organic

With all the reports about pesticide residue on foods, organic seems like to best choice to make when feeding your baby. If you don’t have the time to cook and puree your organic produce, you don’t have to look far to find a few companies that will do it for you.

Plum Organics, a local bay area company that was started by a mom, offers delicious foods with all the basic nutritional building blocks that your baby needs. They offer smooth texture foods (for babies from 6 months) including sweet potatoes, pears and apples, and greens, as well as foods with more texture, such as chicken whole grain pasta and red lentil veggie. You can purchase Plum Organics at a variety of local grocery stores throughout the bay area. To a find store in your area to purchase Plum Organics baby food, go to www.plumorganics.com and search their store locator.

Another local company that offers prepared organic baby food is Baby Cubes & More. They use certified organic fruits and vegetables and puree and freeze them into cubes. All you need to do is warm them up and they are ready to eat. Baby Cubes offer a variety of seasonal selections from apples, cantaloupes, and plums to carrots, broccoli and peas. Each bag contains ten 1-ounce portions of pureed organic food. For more information, go to www.baby-cubes.com.