Our Little Green Store is Our Green Table's "Safety Stop" and will provide a list of links for both healthy food and personal care sources. Stay tuned. I am gathering the "goods".
This page is about creating the world we want to live in and making choices every day. From the foods we eat to the products we use, every single choice can work to create a happy, healthy environment for all. Here is what I have shared in posts so far...always subject to change with emerging information:
Healthy, Safe Food
http://www.ewg.org/ Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce; Dirty Dozen, Clean Fifteen
http://www.localharvest.org/ Guide to CSA's, farmers markets and more
http://www.wholefoods.com/ An inside look at their food standards and products.
http://www.peapod.com/ Online shopping service with delivery. Check locations
http://www.cajunpowersauce.com/ Good sauce with good ingredients
http://www.lundberg.com/ From the farm's start, organic, sustainably produced rice
http://www.penzeys.com/ Online spice source
http://www.newmansown.com/ Online specialty food, coffees, chocolates
http://www.watermelon.org/ Fun recipes for a nutrient packed fruit
http://www.ecowise.com/ Eco-friendly table goods for picnics
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/31/exploring-our-greatest-nutritional-treasure-the-chicken.aspx
http://www.soergels.com/market/produce/apple_chart.html
www.naturalcandystore.com organic, fair-traded, gluten free...you name it. Sweets done sweet!
Healthy, Safe Personal Care (Skin care, body care, cosmetics)
http://www.cosmeticdatabase.com/ Cosmetic safety hazard database
http://www.ewg.org/ Many additional resources on the safety of personal care products
http://www.safecosmetics.org/ Campaign for Safe Cosmetics homepage full of information
http://www.lotuspress.com/ltmtn.htm Light Mountain hair color
http://www.drbronner.com/ magical castile soaps
http://www.safecosmetics.org/article.php?id=749 great information on "Pinkwashed" products
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