In the late 1920′s, canned fruits and vegetables were gaining popularity as they became more affordable and offered a break from the work of preparing fresh foods. It was around 1928 that Fremont, Michigan cannery owner Dan Gerber’s wife Dorothy had an idea. Straining peas was becoming tiresome and her husband’s company canned fruits and [...]
Hooray! I have long wondered how it was that Martek’s DHA and ARA could be included in organic products when the additives are extracted from algae using a potential neurotoxin called hexane. Now comes this report from the Washington Post “The Obama administration announced Tuesday that two synthetic additives will no longer be permitted in infant formula [...]
How absolutely sad and depressing! Another reason to start fresh wholesome foods early on! 3 to 5-year-olds [in this study] generally thought of fast food, for example, as “fun, exciting, and tasty”, and thought of cola brands as fun for reasons such as “the bubbles are fun,” and “lots of people like them.” The researchers [...]
Barnes & Noble has partnered with FEED and Room to Read to produce this exclusive FEED/Read Tote Bag. You pay $25 and get a very cool and sturdy tote bag and kids in Nepal get 3 school lunches and 3 books! Your purchase of a FEED Read Tote provides three school lunches and three Room [...]
Happy Earth Day! Homemade baby food is amazingly healthy for your baby and you may not even realize how healthy it is for our Earth! We wanted to take this opportunity to point out some ways that homemade baby food helps the Earth. Here are a few ways making your baby homemade baby food will [...]
Thanks to Josie in CA who let us know about the latest marketing ploy at Gerber. Not only do the commercial baby food companies try to deceive parents into thinking that they are better at feeding babies than the parents are, they are now making foods labeled as Fruit Juice Snacks – these contain corn [...]
Amanda, WAHM creator of the chich nursing covers over at For Your Peanut sent me an email regarding the California Milk Board and Breast Milk. It seems the Board is in an uproar over a T-Shirt created by a Mom. The Lactivist Blog has reported that the t-shirts and onesies read “Got Breast Milk?” and [...]
From the Center for Science in the Public Interest: CSPI Urges FDA to Ban Artificial Food Dyes Linked to Behavior Problems – Dyes Called “Secret Shame” of Food Industry and Regulators Yellow 5, Red 40, and six other widely used artificial colorings are linked to hyperactivity and behavior problems in children and should be prohibited [...]
Of the charitable causes my family supports, our monthly donation to UNICEF is the one that we feel most passionately about. Sure we give money, once a year, to other causes but we think UNICEF is special and deserves monthly support. Monthly support doesn’t have to be a lot of money, even $10.00 a month is a [...]
In July 2007, the FDA essentially brushed off the dangers of BPA and now, it appears they are pressed into more review! That’s good news. From USAToday on 27 April 2008 – The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering the safety of a hormone-like chemical, bisphenol A, or BPA, commonly found in baby bottles and [...]
It’s Earth Day today! There are lots of celebrations going on around the world to help raise awareness of the need to respect our planet and its resources! Many parents make homemade baby food and probably don’t even think about how earth friendly homemade baby food is! Imagine, it’s estimated that each baby consumes approximately [...]
We thought we’d update you on the BPA issue. New research has come to light and it appears the U.S. Federal government is now concerned – yeah, we won’t even post about THAT! Here’s a snippet from ABC News. This is really great coverage and USA Today had an item about it yesterday (15 April [...]
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