Archive for November, 2007
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Organic Baby Clothing
The organic fibers in organic baby clothing make buying organic clothing a no-brainer. Organic cotton is much softer and safer on a baby’s skin than non-organic cotton and other fabrics can be.
Organic cotton is grown without the use of toxic chemicals or pesticides, insecticides, or fungicides. Without these toxic products in your baby’s clothing, all the risks of skin irritation will be eliminated (as is a common occurrence with non-organic cotton products).
And there are other organic fibers that have been made into baby clothing safe for your little one. There is organic silk, which is very breathable and easy to move in. There is even organic wool, which can sometimes be itchy, but the organic variety has been known to be very soft and to not irritate babies’ skin.
And when it comes to finding really cute organic outfits for your baby, you have so many things to pick from. There are many companies out there these days with a huge selection of varieties of styles, designs and colors all incredibly cute and incredibly eco-friendly for your baby.
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Organic Bedding for Your Baby’s Crib
Organic bedding is steadily rising in popularity lately, and it is definitely something you should look into for you baby’s crib. Organic bedding is really the softest bedding you can find today. And you want to have the softest fabrics against your infant’s skin.
Organic bedding is made of organic fibers that have been grown to the standards an accredited organic certification organization. One of the standards requires that the fibers must be grown without the use of toxic pesticides or chemicals.
Without pesticides or chemicals being used on these fibers, organic bedding is the softest thing to touch. This softness also helps to prevent your baby from having their skin irritated by the bedding, which is a common occurrence when using non-organic bedding in infants’ cribs.
With organic bedding, you can feel good about giving your infant the best in bedding, and you can feel good about doing an important thing for the environment.
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
10 Reasons to Eat Organic Food
Why should you pick organic food over non-organic? Is this organic rush just a fad? There are many reasons to go organic. The following are ten of those reasons to consider when thinking about eating organic food.
1. Taste
Many people think organic food tastes better than food that is not. Reasons for this vary, one is because organic fruit and vegetables usually grow at a slower pace and have a lower water content, which may contribute to a fuller flavor of organic foods.
2. Health
On average, organic food contains higher levels of vitamin C and essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron and chromium as well as cancer-fighting antioxidants. Organic milk is naturally higher in Omega 3 fatty acids, Vitamin E, Vitamin A (Beta Carotene) and certain other antioxidants than non-organic milk.
3. Less Additives
Only 32 of the 290 food additives approved for use across the European Union are permitted in organic food. Amongst the additives banned by the Soil Association are hydrogenated fat, aspartame (an artificial sweetener) and monosodium glutamate which have been linked to health problems.
4. No Pesticides
The best way of reducing exposure to potentially harmful pesticides is to eat organically grown food. Over 311 pesticides can be routinely used in non organic farming and residues are often present in non-organic food. Over 40 percent of all non-organic fruit, vegetables and bread tested in 2005 contained pesticides. The results for particular fruit and vegetables were much worse - percentages ranged from 72 to 100 percent.
5. GM-free
Genetically modified (GM) crops and ingredients are not allowed under organic standards. Over a million tons of GM crops are imported to feed non organic livestock that produce much, if not most, of the non organic pork, bacon, milk cheese and other dairy products in our supermarkets.
6. No Drug Reliance
Antibiotic additives routinely added to animal food to speed animal growth are linked with bacterial resistance in humans to the same or closely related antibiotics. Standards for organic food ban the routine use of antibiotics.
7. Transparent Costs
Tax payers fork out millions of money annually to pay for chemicals to be removed from drinking water, mainly as a result of the pesticides used in farming.
8. High Standards
Organic food comes from trusted sources. All organic farms and food companies are inspected at least once a year. Rules and regulations for organic foods are created and maintained by government departments, like the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
9. Animal Care
No system of farming has higher levels of animal welfare standards than organic farms working for organic standards.
10. Better for Environment
Overall organic farming supports more farmland wildlife than non-organic farming. International governments who have organic-standards programs say growing and raising organic food it is better for wildlife, causes lower pollution from sprays, produces less carbon dioxide - the main global warming gas - and less dangerous wastes.
