A Long Overdue Introduction

Hi everyone, I've been putting this off for what feels like forever, but to truly explain what Littlefoot is all about, where we come from and where we are going it looks like I have to start a blog….ugh.

I am just as reluctant to write this as some of you may be to read it, but the truth is a lot of what we do is important. It impacts all of us, how we are living now and how we want our families to live after us. And I need you all to know just how dedicated I am to making sure that the future we all live in is a bright one.

So I guess I should start at the most logical place, an introduction. Hi, I'm Luke, I am the founder and operator of Littlefoot. Most of you reading this probably already know a little about me and what I do from our website www.littlefootonline.com

For those of you who have just found Littlefoot or have somehow stumbled upon this blog post consider this your formal introduction to myself and Littlefoot.

I started out as a beekeeper, I got to work outside, enjoy nature but most importantly I was doing a job that I thought was important and needed. Growing up I heard a lot about the plight of bees and how we needed to help them to help us. What more noble pursuit, I thought, than helping out a vital part of our ecosystem. But as I worked I began to notice a bigger issue. Our bees started dying out in some yards, I came to learn it was due to careless use of pesticide and tainted water. This one incident made me re-examine how we used chemicals in our everyday lives.

I started to notice how many different chemicals were in all the products we use everyday, dishwashing liquid, laundry powder, body wash spray and wipe, and how many of these chemicals seemed unnatural. I s