Neha Gupta, head designer, interview with Healthy Belly in California.

Welcome to Sama Baby Organics!

SAMA encourages people to take action and make changes to their world through their voices, their votes and their wallets. SAMA donates a portion of all profits to various charities and non-profits which promote health, justice and sustainability. They include: CRY: Child Relief and You, Ekal Vidyala and the communities where our fair trade products are crafted.

Neha Gupta, VP, Head Designer
Neha is a passionate individual with a creative spirit.  She has studied art in Italy, France, India, and the USA.  Neha brings her artistic inclination and her past experience working on the product development at Coach Handbags in NYC to create unique collections for Sama Baby.  She uses vibrant colors, ground-breaking prints, and unique body styles to Sama.  Her designs break through the trends of children�s clothing and introduce new fresh ideas to the market.

Neha lives in Houston, TX and loves meeting fellow local entrepreneurs.

Anita Gupta, CFO, COO
Anita is a successful entrepreneur.  She has created many successful business including Colonel Video & Audio in Houston, TX - a business she started from the ground up that was a cornerstone in Houston.  Anita is ambitious, compassionate, and creative and is integral to the day-to-day operations of Sama Baby.

Julie - press and social media extraordinaire.

Alisha - our right hand woman.

Nance - our shipping guru.

Kendra - our graphic and media intern – Neha wanted to support local Houston internships, by giving Kendra, a high school student, a chance to work at a fashion company, and use her highly skilled computer abilities towards Sama Baby. She believes that there is so much potential in high school students, and wants them to know that they can be entrepreneurs too! Let’s empower women from the ground up!

Holly - our clothing photographer – www.hollyhoytphotography.com

Sara - our events photographer – www.bigsara.com

JAS Photography - www.jas-photo.com


SAMA Advisors:

Fawaz Hashmi, Hashmi Consulting Services
Fawaz is the best branding/marketing consultant � he has provided us invaluable information and guidance

Manisha Joshi, Sunisha Designs - http://www.sunishadesigns.com
Manisha is a PR maven, she continually advises SAMA on PR, the website, and a number of other topics.

Kristoffer Koonar, Crack Marketing Consulting - http://www.crackmarketing.com
Kris is our crack marketer – teaching us all the little ins and outs on SEO. A wonderful asset to our team, as he advises us on how to take the next level on the internet!

SAMA Super Model:

Our super model for SAMA Baby is Maya, which means illusion in Hindi. She is a beautiful young girl, who was born at the birth of SAMA Baby, and has grown with us. She is the reason we expanded our line to six years old – we just can’t get enough of her!

   

SAMA Partners:

Reps across the USA
We have reps that represent our line across the US. Please contact us at info@samababy.com if you are looking for one of our reps in your area!

Sama Baby is INSPIRED by India, MADE in India, to BENEFIT India.

 My sister and I have gone to India every year of our lives, as kids we spent our whole summer there, playing with our cousins, running through the streets, playing on the rooftops.  We loved our time in India - it was carefree, fun.  As we grew up, we started to see the beauty of India, the textures, colors, architecture, history, culture.

Why Organic Cotton?

Cotton surrounds us – our clothing, bed sheets, towels, all have cotton. What you put on your body can be as important as what you put in your body. Various harsh chemicals are used on conventionally grown cotton, including: pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, defoliants, and synthetic fertilizers. To complete the production process chlorine bleach, formaldehyde, and high-impact dyes are used. Washing cotton materials does not remove all of these chemicals, so you are likely being exposed to these harsh chemicals everyday without realizing it.

Cotton producers around the world use nearly $2.6 billion worth of pesticides – more than 25% of the world’s pesticides each year. According to the Sustainable Cotton Project, one-fourth of a pound of pesticide and other agricultural chemicals are used to produce cotton for one t-shirt. Many of these chemicals are known carcinogens.

Not only is the process of producing conventional cotton an impact on your health, it takes a significant toll on the environment. Our behavior now will impact the world our grandchildren will live in. Should we continue to use and abuse the planet selfishly? Our purchase decisions can have a tremendous impact on the environment. As a society, by creating a market for cotton produced this way, we are in a way adding to the negative impact on the environment.

There are so many products out there that we use every single day. If you replaced even half of these products with the healthier, organic alternative the next time you went shopping – imagine what kind of impact you could have on the planet. Natural toothpaste recycled plastic toothbrushes, chemical-free mouthwash and deodorant, organic cotton shirts, chemical-free cleaning products, biodegradable laundry detergent, natural cosmetic products, organic spices, etc. As more and more people follow this path of a healthier lifestyle, we can change the way businesses produce personal care products all over the world. The more we create demand for the healthier alternatives, the more big businesses will switch to meet that demand. As they do so, the whole planet benefits.

By purchasing organic cotton, fewer pesticides will flow into our rivers, which eventually affect our own water supply. Fewer chemicals in the waters also affect the plants and animals in those areas, which could eventually end up on our own plates. By helping the environment we are not only helping future generations, we are also helping ourselves.