What's In Your Dogs Food? with Maria Ringo of Carna4
I can admit when I'm wrong ... and I was wrong. I heard about Carna4 many years ago and dismissed it because it's in a bag on a shelf.
... But Carna4 is different, just like Maria! It wasn't until I heard Maria speak a few months ago that I opened my mind to the possibility that this isn't just another bag of food (feed) for dogs and cats.
Maria is passionate about feeding whole foods, without synthetics, to our pets, so I walked up to her and said "I think I was wrong. Tell me more!"
She not only graciously told me more, she also agreed to come on the show and tell you more as well!
Disclaimer: as we talk about in the podcast today, I will still die on the hill of hydration, so even though this is a dry food, PLEASE add filtered water, bone broth, or raw goats milk!
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Maria Ringo
Natural Pet Rearing Raw Food Pioneer
Maria Ringo, B.GS DHMHS CCH HOM(R)
1988 Co-founder of Sojourner Farms Natural Pet Products
2010 Co-Founder Carna4 Pet Food
In 1988 Maria Ringo co-founded SOJOURNER FARMS (later renamed SOJOS), introducing what was then a new concept of commercial Raw Food Diets for companion animals to North American consumers, paving the way for future women entrepreneurs in the pet industry. Always a devoted student of health and nutrition, after the sale of her business she trained as a Homeopathic health care practitioner (CCH, HOM), opening a family practice in Toronto and becoming a member of the Faculty of the Ontario College of Homeopathic Medicine.
Combining their extensive backgrounds in nutrition and the pet industry, Maria and her husband David Stauble launched CARNA4 Pet Foods in 2010, successfully introducing the first complete quick-baked cool air-dried pet diet made of 100% real food ingredients without synthetics of any kind. Moving the pet consumer towards natural rearing principles is the goal and today, Carna4 continues to grow, improving the health of dogs and cats throughout North America and countries around the world.
Maria loves teaching nutrition and health, and has been a guest writer and speaker on this topic for many years. She retired from her medical practice and her Faculty position in 2019. She is an active supporter and former Board chair of the Canadian Children’s Opera Company and, in addition to her advocacy of whole foods nutrition for people and pets, is devoted to the cause of arts education for children.
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