Food-shopping with kids can be an exercise in saying no over and over again until one is so exhausted and depressed that one finally says yes just once, and that’s how bad things come into the house. So, I created a game. It’s a fun game that works very, very well. It’s kind of like a cross between Where’s Waldo and I Spy…
Tag Archives | Organic Issues
Chemical Agriculture’s Dirty Fight
by guest blogger Alex Formuzis. The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement health-based standards for all pesticides used in food, with special safeguards for infants and babies. But chemical agribusiness has been fighting to try to block any action by EPA every step of the way.
What Are We Going to Tell Them?
by guest blogger Coach Mark Smallwood. The simplest of our children’s (and their children’s) basic human needs are being threatened every day. What are we going to tell them?
10 Ways to Spring-Clean
GMOs Out of Your Home
by guest blogger Courtney Pineau. When you look a little closer, you often find that your food contains ingredients with unwanted genetically modified organisms (GMOs). If you are ready to spring-clean GMOs out of your diet, here are 10 easy steps to help you give them the boot
6 Reasons Organics Can
Feed the World
by guest blogger Coach Mark Smallwood. Six things to say to friends, family, and total strangers when they tell you organics can’t feed the world
Five Steps for Healthier Indoor Air
by guest blogger Dr. Marilyn Black. The air you’re breathing in your home can be two to five times more polluted than the air outdoors. But there are steps you can take to clean you indoor air and keep it clean.
Role of a Lifetime: Meryl Streep as Eco-Activist Mom
by guest blogger Wendy Gordon. The actress is world-renowned for her ability to transform herself into a character. But few know her as I do, in her real-life role as a transformational environmental health activist.
How to Buy Grass-fed Meats
by guest blogger Marilyn Noble. Being an educated consumer isn’t always easy, but the more you learn about where and how your food is produced, the better your eating experience and health will be.
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
Order NowOrganic Manifesto
Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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