June is full of meaningful occasions, like graduations and Father’s Day, but it also marks National Pollinator Week. It’s a time to bring awareness to the vital role bees, birds, butterflies and other pollinators play in creating a diverse, bountiful food system. In fact, honey bees pollinate one out of every three bites of food we eat — and …
10 Reasons to Retire Ronald McDonald
We all know that red-haired clown. The one that has a painted on smile, yellow jumpsuit, and is pushing Happy Meals at our kids. Yes, I'm talking about the poster boy for marketing to children, Ronald McDonald. My child has never eaten McDonald's, but still sings along to song in the happy meal commercial about gray skies and bad days …
Will Quaker Oats Conceal or Reveal GMOs?
Here's a something I'd like you to ask yourself – Would you eat your food in the dark? Would you eat a meal without knowing what the mystery food was made of or what it contained? Sounds risky and crazy, right? Well, if you agree, then we need to talk about GMO labeling. That craziness is a likely reality, in a way. There is a bill in Congress …
Save Money: 13 Foods You Don’t NEED to Buy Organic
I know what you're thinking, Mamavation is big on eating organic, so why are we writing about the opposite? We've shared the reason's why you should feed your family organic as well as the dangers of GMOs and glyphosate. Organic is always the best option to avoid GMOs, synthetic pesticides, biosolids, and artificial ingredients, but eating 100% …
20 dishes: Prep 7 Whole Food Dinners Fast
The more informed we become about our food system, the better choices we can make. Whether your first step is swapping out processed foods, or opting to feed your family organic, every little bit helps. Before you know it you'll look back and see how far you've come. 20 dishes and Leah will help you out! But change isn't always easy. It's no …
School Lunch Ingredients: 64 Ingredients
Have you ever tried to find out the ingredients in the food being served at your kids' school? It's certainly not an easy feat. Some have even had to file a freedom of information act to learn what food children were being served. Yes, school lunches leave little to be desired, but are they actually posing a threat to our children's health? Our own …
10 Ways to Know You’ve Become “That Mom”
When it comes to wellness and the green movement, it seems we all joined in a different way. Our founder, Leah, started with 100 pound weight loss which lead to her taking a closer look at what foods she was really putting into her body. As for myself, I often refer to cloth diapers as my "gateway drug." That lead to coconut oil on nearly every …
Causes of Allergies: The Top 8 Likely Causes in Your Child
Last summer, teenager Scott Johnson died from a severe dairy allergy after eating pancakes from a restaurant his family trusted. In November, 19-year-old Chandler Swink died from a severe reaction to a peanut allergy. Two years ago, 13-year-old Natalie Giorgi died from a summer camp treat made with peanut butter. Unfortunately, stories like these …
10 Safe Unhealthy Foods that you can Eat
Not that long ago, we were told that fats were a no-no in our diets, salt was harmful and butter promoted heart disease. A lot of us structured our family meals around low fat foods, thinking we were doing the right thing to help our kids stay healthy. Here's some safe unhealthy foods. But recent research has proven otherwise. We now know that …
Hidden GMO Ingredients: 100 to lookout for
These days it seems we know less and less about what's in our food. As big food and lawmakers have their way, ingredients sneakily make their way into our food. It's up to us, the consumer, to research what we eat and take a closer look at the labels. We've already identified the many places MSG is hiding in your food, but hidden GMO ingredients …
Stop TPP: Why These 3 Letters Are Threatening Your Rights
TPP... How can I explain it? And do I think we can stop TPP? I'll take it frame by frame. Okay, this isn't a Naughty by Nature song, but these three letters need just as much explaining. Have you heard of TPP? Probably not, because it's being pushed through Congress quickly so that the public doesn't have any say or any information. This fast …
Just Launched: Test for Glyphosate in Your System!
We’ve often revealed to you the dangers of glyphosate, a substance found in RoundUp Ready Weed Killer and all around us. This chemical was recently labeled by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a probable cause of cancer. The real question is how can we know if our families, especially our children, are being exposed to this toxin? The Science …