About Us

Mama Rose's Naturals is a family owned and operated company, located in the heart of Oregon’s beautiful Willamette Valley at Sunset Valley Farms, the 62 acre home of the Thuresson family, their pets and livestock, and a vast assortment of orchards, garden, meadow, and forest. You might wonder how Mama Rose’s Naturals began. Before Mama Rose was a Mama, she was a social worker named Rosetta, offering services to high-risk youth and families in various non-profit organizations in her community. Rosetta volunteered in several countries abroad, including Kenya, Nepal, and Malaysia, focusing her efforts on assisting and supporting the needs of children and women around the world.

One enchanted October night, Rosetta and her husband were given the greatest gift of their lives, their beautiful daughter Francesca. She was a perfectly healthy, wiggly bundle, with huge wise eyes and a head covered with feather-soft black hair. After 10 weeks of maternity leave, like many other mothers Rosetta had to return to work. Being a winter baby in childcare, Francesca was exposed to virus after virus, leading to an extremely long winter. At three months of age, Francesca caught what is called RSV, a horrific virus that attacks the respiratory system. The immune system and lungs of an infant as young as Francesca was are not yet developed enough to fight off such a virus, and it led to one week in the hospital, several months of misery, and a terribly long recovery. Not only did Francesca have to recuperate from the pneumonia, ear infections and sinus infection that resulted from the virus, she also had to recover from the incredibly strong medications that had been given to her in a tummy which had previously known nothing more than Mama’s milk. The traumatic episode resulted in digestive difficulties, lactose intolerance, and the potential to develop asthma, allergies, and other long-term effects.

Rosetta was determined to find any way that she could to ease the struggle for her little love. She began researching herbal remedies, and ways in which to build up Francesca’s flora and fauna after large doses of potent steroids and antibiotics. She began taking classes from the herbal shops in her community, and registered for courses in herbal medicine. Rosetta also noticed that all of the baby care products that she found were unsatisfactory to the needs of a healing child. Even those that claimed to be ‘natural’ had a list of incomprehensible ingredients. It was clear that if skin could absorb the wonderful benefits of herbs that are used to heal and sooth the body and spirit, that the chemicals found in commercial care products were also being absorbed. Rosetta studied further, and began making herbal teas, soaps, salves and lotions for Francesca and her family. Rosetta selected the highest quality, most nourishing ingredients that she could find, and took special care to blend them just perfectly for the tender needs of her baby. The results of Rosetta’s efforts proved to be extremely effective in the healing process of her daughter, who is perfectly healthy and happy today.

After a few months time, Rosetta decided to quit her ‘day job,’ and focus on her daughter and the conception and growth of her new child, Mama Rose’s Naturals. She felt strongly that all babies deserve the very best, and could greatly benefit from what she had learned. Rosetta received her diploma in herbal medicine, specializing in the needs of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and infant care. She continues to support and nurture families through her work as an Herbal Practitioner and birth assistant/doula. Rosetta continues to offer ongoing support and education in the area of natural family health while producing high quality herbal products for babies and adults alike.

Rosetta is dedicated to providing ongoing outreach, education, and advocacy to babies, parents and families. If you would like to contact Rosetta, she would love to hear from you!

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