"Yummy Spoonfuls started over nine years ago, and Agatha Achindu founded it. She was doing it in Atlanta, and she had her own mission of bringing the best for babies. She used to go to hospitals and teach moms how to make their own baby food and all that kind of stuff.
My journey was that I made food for all my kids. After my third, I remember I was living in a trailer — we were on location in Calgary — and I was like, it's 3 a.m., I've got bowls of purées everywhere, the kitchen's a mess, the baby is about to wake up for her next feed. I'm going to be here all night feeding, making the food, cleaning up, trying to figure out whether I'm giving the right amount of this or that. Why is it so hard to go the store, open the freezer door, and pick up the most pure form of baby and kid's food?
I had a business for over 10 years in the fashion industry. I didn't know much about food, so I had to really get down and learn what that business is. A friend of mine, who is in the food industry, said, 'Look, instead of starting all the way from scratch, why don't you meet this lady that's doing something similar to what you want to do?' And I reached out to Agatha, we sat down across from each other, and right there we clicked. You know, she's from Africa; I'm from Brazil. She comes from a family of farmers, and I do, too."
