Anti-GMO labeling groups are at it again. The “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act”, officially H.R. 4432, and more accurately dubbed the “Deny Americans the Right-to-Know” Act (the DARK Act), came before the 113th Congress last year, and is likely to appear before the 114th Congress this year in a new bill. To stop this from happening, this week …
10 Processed Foods to Never Feed Your Kids
It may be easy to reach for one of these foods when your child is hungry, but have you ever really thought about what's inside those processed foods targeted at kids? Flip those colorful cartooned packages over and you'll find almost as many artificial colors lurking in the ingredients. That list of ingredients is a long and confusing jumble of …
Unhealthy Chocolate Brands: What’s In Your Valentine’s Day Candy?
Valentine’s Day often means a box of candy from your sweetie, but just what are you getting in that candy? That annual indulgence could cost you a lot more than you bargained for. Unhealthy chocolate brands are full of more than just sugar. Following our exposé on toxic ingredients in children’s cereal and peanut butter, this week we take a look at …
Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Support Grass Fed Organic Dairy Farms
Recently, we’ve talked about the benefits of grass fed organic dairy and cheese, but did you know that cows are not ONLY fed grass? According to Eat Wild, grass fed cows are often also fed legumes, such as clover or alfalfa or lower quality hay and grass silage at times. Cows that are 100% grass fed produce milk with the highest omega-3 fatty acid …
Top 10 Toxic Kids Cereals to Avoid at All Costs
When we think of kids’ breakfast foods in America, we tend to think of the icons we grew up with: Cap’n Crunch, Tony the Tiger, and Count Chocula. This kind of marketing has encouraged kids to demand cereal loaded with sugar, and has also eroded our concept of what comprises of a healthy breakfast. Cold cereals can dominate an entire aisle in your …
Affordable Organic Food: How To Find Deals On Non-GMO Food
As a careful shopper and parent, I work very hard to make sure that nearly all the food I purchase for my family is organic or Non-GMO Project Verified. Finding affordable organic food can be a big challenge if you are also on a tight budget. Saving money on Non-GMO foods involves hunting for coupons, scouring rebate apps, shopping at multiple …
10 Cancer Causing Foods in Your Diet
How much have you researched about cancer-causing foods? Did you know the American Cancer Society now reports the chances of getting cancer are now 1 in 2 for men, and 1 in 3 for women? Those staggering numbers indicate a growing epidemic in the U.S., but it isn't time to throw in the towel. In their annual cancer progress report, The American …
Why Congress May Be Bad for Your Health
As a parent, you make daily decisions to ensure the health and safety of your family: from proper car seat installation, to installing smoke alarms, to selecting the most trustworthy child care. And as an American parent, you’d like to believe that government agencies like the EPA and USDA are doing their best to safeguard public health, protecting …
Grass Fed Dairy Cheese: The Top 10 Benefits
Cheese is the ultimate snack for your family. Full of calcium and healthy fats, it’s convenient to pack in a lunch box or top a sandwich. But when you're buying cheese for your family, there are a lot of choices: grass fed, organic and conventional. We tend to think that an organic product is better than its conventional counterpart, but is cheese …
The Top Green & Wellness Bloggers of the Year 2014
This year has seen an amazing SHIFT of cultural patterns when it comes to food and health and it's relation to our environment. People are paying closer attention to ingredients in food and consumable products AND they are purchasing less of what they don't need. These changes could not have been possible without support from wellness bloggers in …
URGENT – The DARK Act Hearing: Taking Away Your Right to Know What’s in Your Food
On December 10, 2014, Wednesday of this week, a hearing will take place to discuss a bill named the “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014,” sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas. Despite its misleading name, this act would stop the GMO labeling movement that is gaining strength and popularity across the nation in its tracks. More aptly …
How Subsidies & Imports are Killing Organic Farming in the US
Take your family grocery shopping in nearly any supermarket nowadays, and you’re likely to find an entire aisle or two dedicated to organics if it’s not already integrated into the entire store. That’s because the organic movement and organic farming are growing in popularity, and that’s good news. Food Navigator reports that the U.S. organic …