two moms in the raw

The owner of Longmont’s newest manufacturing company never set out to own her own business. Two Moms in the Raw literally evolved out of a life-changing incident that founder Shari Leidich underwent 10 years ago. Leidich was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004, wracking the young mother’s body with pain and discomfort. Fortunately, she met Brigitte Mars, a Boulder-based nutritionist and author, and that meeting also proved to be a life-changing event — but in a completely different way. “She said, ‘Why don’t you try a raw lifestyle?’ ” Leidich said last month, giving visitors a tour of her company’s new 24,000-square-foot facility in Longmont. The move more than doubled the space the company had occupied in Lafayette, and its food manuf...