21/05/2026
I turn 60 next year!!!!
When we were kids, hardly anyone was sick.
What changed?
Food changed. And most people still don’t realise how much.
I remember my Pa had the most incredible veggie garden.
When I stayed over, we would go outside and harvest the vegetables for dinner that night. Real food. Fresh from the soil.
My Pa lived well into his late 90s.
Back then, food was mostly grown locally, seasonally and naturally.
But over time, food became industrialised.
Crops became larger.
Storage became longer.
Transport became further.
And with that came:
• pesticides
• herbicides
• artificial fertilisers
• post-harvest treatments
• preservatives
• processing
Food changed.
And whether people realise it or not, all of that eventually ends up in our bodies.
Then 30 years ago when I was trying to have children, 10 years of "undefined infertility" lead me to researching and discovering the impact chemicals have on our health, via our food and products we use in the home and on the body...
In that moment I made a decision.
A hard-core:
“HELL NO. NOT IN MY BODY”
Since then, I’ve eaten certified organic, I use only natural and chemical free products in our home and personal care, and now of course, our farm is certified organic too.
My kids were raised on certified organic, and have had amazing health - pretty much never been to the Dr.
I even travel with my own food most of the time, it's a running joke with my friends and family:
"Here's Vanessa with her foam boxes full of certified organic food!!!
Now this is not because I’m perfect, and yes I do occasionally eat out......
But.....
I choose certified organic because I understand something important:
It’s not one meal that impacts our health.
It’s the daily, weekly, yearly accumulation.
Especially now for our children, growing up in a convenience-led, highly processed, chemical laden food system.
What we buy for our family matters.
That’s why certified organic drives us so much at OrganicBox.
Not because it’s trendy.
Because it’s a completely different food system, and it is one based on care and love for our customers.
It's a food system built around:
💚 true health
💚 soil health
💚 chemical-free growing
💚 certified organic standards
💚 and real food
I shared a video today that explains this really well (it's the one below this post :) )
At the end of the day, every food choice we make is exactly that:
A choice.
💚 Choose life. Choose real food 💚
With Love,
Vanessa
OrganicBox
