Michael Hughes - Owner

Owning a business is a dream comes true for Michael, a North Idaho transplant and former class clown. Ironically, his first commercial idea, carbonated milk, was a joke. Although the gag inducing liquid never made it to production, other endeavors proved more successful.

Having found himself running laps for misbehavior in PE class, Michael never bothered to stop, eventually earning a scholarship to Seattle University where he captained both track and cross country teams his senior year. But it was during high school that Michael met wife Megan when he ran into her, literally. He is first to admit that the "Beauty and the Geek" match-up was unorthodox and cites the "A" she received on a biology paper he wrote as an interesting Darwin study.

After graduating college cum laude Michael gave the rat race a try, taking a job with an investment company as a financial planner. It was the obvious choice for a biology major with a research background. Life was blissful as he married Megan, and the pair began raising their five pound yorkie terrier, Charlie. But within a year Michael had sunk into a deep depression, some days not even bothering to get out of bed. Barely resembling the once enthusiastic over achiever, it would be nearly 2 years before he quit investments.

Vowing to never wear a tie again Michael and Megan started Earth Babies as a way to spend more time together and focus on healthy living. He returned to his college employer, a running retail shop, in a successful attempt to rediscover a love of running, though he found the appeal of racing had been replaced with competitive lawn care.

Currently Michael spends his days out of bed working with Megan and his sister
Heather on their growing business. He also works part time as a math tutor and
volunteer coaches for a youth cross country program in his community. A frequent
user of public transportation, Michael enjoys observing the complexities of human
nature and has built a sometimes-annoying reputation of asking too many questions,
a trait he says would make Socrates proud.