When this single mom opened up a copy of the New York Times, the last thing she is expected was to see a letter addressed to her. Josh Tetrick is the founder and CEO of Hampstead Creek, a company that aims to bring wholesome foods to every single household.
Here's their mission statement:
“When it comes to our current food system, we believe it is time to start over and ask what it is that you really want to eat. We believe eating right shouldn’t be so hard; that good food should be good for your body, good for your budget, easy on the earth, and insanely delicious. We believe you shouldn’t have to compromise on anything and that it should be available for everyone everywhere… It means making our food with less water, land, and carbon emissions, while making sure it costs less too.”
Food that’s good for your body, the earth, and your wallet? Sounds like a pretty amazing vision for one man to tackle. However, once you meet his mom, you’ll see what inspired him to take on hunger.
Tetrick was raised by a single, working mom and while she did her best for him, she couldn't always provide him with the best money can buy — especially when it comes to food. Tetrick wrote a touching letter to her in his New York Times column, to tell her that her hard work is paying off not just for him but the moms everywhere he is hopes to help.
Sometimes it takes an ad in the New York Times, or even a commercial advertisement like this one, just for a working single mom to get the credit she deserves!
If this letter gives even just one single mom a thank you, then we say Tetrick did good.
See her touching reaction below!
Josh Tetrick is founder and CEO of Hampstead Creeks, a company that believes everyone, no matter who they are or where they are, should have affordable wholesome foods without harmful additives and chemicals that hurt the body and the planet. Each week, Tetrick writes a letter in the New York Times to people like CEOs and even President Obama.
However, this week he decided to address the letter to his mom (she had no idea!). While bring healthy foods to the masses may seem noble in and of itself, what's more humble than recognizing the woman who inspired it all? Mom.
"Dear Mom,
I’d bolt off the bus at 3:11pm, and you'd always have something waiting for me. Some fried chicken. Butter with a biscuit. Brownie Bites. And you’d spend all day cutting hair, just so I could have a dollar to buy a vending machine cinnamon roll or Skittles with lunch the next day.
You did this because you love me. You did this because you’re my mom. You did this because, well, I was always hungry.
And if we’re being real with each other, most of that delicious and inexpensive food probably had too much sodium or sugar or cholesterol — and was often rough on our planet."
"And if we’re still being real with each other, it would have been different if we had money. We would’ve had organic chard instead of greasy chips. Maybe some whole grains instead of so many damn Gobstoppers. We’d have eaten healthier, cleaner meals together. That’s probably the case for most families, too.
The right thing should be the easiest thing for a single mom working at a hair salon trying to raise two sons."
See the rest of the letter and his mom's touching reaction below!
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