Born from Cydney Weingart’s breastfeeding pamphlet for a local WIC clinic more than 30 years ago, Cleveland-based Noodle Soup creates low-literacy health education materials and family outreach products for public health and family-service agencies nationwide. Breastfeeding remains its cornerstone, while its colorful books and resources now help families learn about nutrition, parenting, healthy living and early childhood development. Female-owned and mission-driven, the company also offers customizable materials for agencies and hospitals.
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Free Period PressCleveland-based Free Period Press turns research about living well into bright, playful paper goods that help people slow down, unplug and care for themselves. Founded by Lora to address her own overachieving, productivity-focused habits, the company creates friendly tools for reflection, creative downtime and grounded routines, including its made-in-Cleveland Habit Tracker Calendar. Free Period Press also works with independent artists and designers to bring its screen-free products to life.CLEVELAND, OH
Soup TherapyFounded by licensed Home Health Aide Juliette Ozkalfayan after she began making nourishing soup for clients, Soup Therapy is a Manhattan caregiver-support food company that prepares handcrafted, personalized soups fresh in customers’ homes. Each session brings the ingredients and equipment to the kitchen, leaving families with labeled, freezer-ready meals tailored to dietary needs and preferences. The company has graduated from Hot Bread Kitchen’s Seed Program and joined its Start Program as it develops frozen delivery and wholesale offerings.
LittleBeam Nursing PillowsCreated in 2015 by Dr. Kathleen McCue, a family nurse practitioner and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, LittleBeam Nursing Pillows makes ergonomically shaped, memory-foam supports for breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. The semicircular pillows are designed and made in the USA, with a machine-washable cotton cover and a compact form suited to travel, while also serving for supervised tummy time and propping. LittleBeam grew from McCue’s Metropolitan Breastfeeding practice and was created by a mother with lactation expertise for parents and babies.BETHESDA, MD
Earthley WellnessFamily-owned Earthley Wellness began in 2009 when Columbus mother Kate Tietje created a herbal diaper cream for her daughter, then officially launched in 2016 as that kitchen experiment grew into a family business. Today, more than 160 employees help make herbal wellness products for families in the company’s own cGMP-certified, FDA-inspected Columbus facility, with education remaining central to its work.COLUMBUS, OH