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Green Grass isn’t Greener (Pesticide Dangers)

by Dawn Lorenz 6 Comments

pesticide dangers

A few years ago, I met a man, an organic landscaper, who told the story of his next door neighbor. He was on his way out to his car one morning when he heard a hello. As he turned and waved to his neighbors, he noticed their 1 year old standing on the grass barefoot, his…

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Filed Under: Eliminating Toxins in the Home, garden and grass chemicals, Going Organic, Pesticides, Toxic Chemicals Around Children, Toxins in and around the Home Tagged With: pesticide toxicity, pesticides

Natural and Eco-Friendly Easter Ideas

by Dawn Lorenz 1 Comment

Eco-Friendly Easter

Somehow Easter became another holiday synonymous with candy and fake food additives, like artificial chocolate bunnies, Peeps, Cadbury eggs, jellybeans, and eggs dyed with artificially derived colors. I prefer to celebrate the holiday for what it is, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, but I do indulge my children in the more modern traditions…

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Filed Under: Going Organic, Holidays, parenting

Full Circle

by Dawn Lorenz 2 Comments

(Why I Go Organic!)  When you’re ten, anything you do that’s different from your peers can, at times, seem so catastrophically embarrassing that you would do anything to change it in order to fit in. At that age, my mortification stemmed from the fact that my mom wouldn’t let me buy the school lunch. She…

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Filed Under: Food, Going Organic, organic

Pass the Peas Please – the spoonful on the right that is! Why I Make Most of My Own Baby Food

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I like to know exactly what goes into my children’s bodies, which you have probably figured out by now from reading some of my other posts.  I think this picture shows the reason why I make Lila’s food better than I can explain why I do it!  These are peas.  The spoonful on the left…

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Filed Under: Baby Food, Food, Going Organic, Pesticides, Toxic Chemicals in Food Tagged With: baby food

Even the skin of Oranges Have Food Dye!? Looking at Each Food Dye Individually

by Dawn Lorenz 5 Comments

Yesterday I went to the grocery store looking to find the brand of rice crackers I like.  Unfortunately, King Kullen no longer carries them, so I went looking for another brand, which I found in their “Healthy Food Aisle” (on a side note, I can’t get over how supermarkets label one or two aisles as…

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Filed Under: Food Dyes, Going Organic, Toxic Chemicals in Food

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