It started with my own health. In 2017, I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. Around that time, my friend Rose, who had been living a plant-based, vegan lifestyle, introduced me to Dr. Sebi's teachings and his alkaline, plant-based approach to food.

I spent some time learning from her, and it changed everything.

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I went plant-based for eight months, then fully vegan. I gave up alcohol and drugs and completely changed my lifestyle. I felt better than I had in years. When I went back to my doctor, my blood pressure had normalized, and he told me I was healthier than I'd ever been.

That was the moment I became a believer in living this way.

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Fast forward to 2020. My dad was going through a rough stretch, and I kept encouraging him to eat healthier and go plant-based. He wasn't into it, but he agreed to try some fresh sea moss gel if I made it for him. So I bought a quarter pound of raw, wildcrafted sea moss and made my very first batch, nine sixteen-ounce jars. I gave one to my dad, kept one for myself, and handed the other seven out to my sister,

my brother, my cousin, and a few friends.

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Within a couple of days, all eight of them called me asking the same thing: "What is this? Tell me more about it." My dad loved it. My grandma loved it. Everyone wanted more. They kept asking for more moss,

and that's literally how the name was born.

Melinda came up with Más Moss, "more moss."

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For the next few months, we made it and gave it away completely free. We drove to people's houses and delivered it ourselves. Some folks gave nothing, some donated whatever they had, five dollars, twenty, sometimes more. Nothing was ever expected. We just wanted to share something we believed in with people we cared about.

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That little act of giving turned into something none of us expected. Six years later, Más Moss is a fully family-owned business. My dad, who started as the guy I made that first jar for, is now our chef in the kitchen, washing, soaking, and blending the moss. I, Melinda, my mom, my brother Ray, my sister Tiana, and my grandpa Lucky all work together selling at farmers' markets and making deliveries.

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We still give jars away to people in our community to this day, because that spirit of sharing is where we came from and it's who we are.

That's the Más Moss difference. Moss Over Meds.