Eco Pregnancy and Baby

Should you use green cleaners when you’re pregnant? We know it’s the chemicals in cleaners that really get the job done. But when you’re pregnant, it’s even more important to know what to avoid.
The problem is cleaning products don’t have to be tested, there are no federal requirements, so consumers have no official warning about [...]

Some research shows that organic foods (those grown without pesticides and antibiotics) are not nutritionally superior to those produced conventionally. But a University of California, Davis, study of organic berries and corn found that they contained 60 percent more antioxidants than their nonorganic counterparts. Regardless, eating organic at least some of the time is a [...]

Buy local, feed your community well

Jennifer Cliff has always been passionate about food and wine, but learning to appreciate locally grown fare took on new meaning when she was expecting. That’s when Edible Sacramento was born along with her daughter, Parker, now 3. Cliff publishes and her husband Darren Cliff edits Edible Sacramento (ediblesacramento.com), one [...]

“Recycle Everything”
Lisa Mitchell decided she wanted to do something to make a difference and make a living at the same time, and she wanted to set a good example for her daughters, Lucy and Caroline. So shortly after her divorce, Mitchell went into the recycling business.
She learned all she could about the business and, [...]

“Replace household and nursery items with more natural alternatives”

When Paige Goldberg Tolmach’s 8-week-old son Jackson came down with a oozy, painful rash, she took him to 14 different doctors. “I had a team of specialists standing over my beautiful baby saying, ‘It’s eczema. There’s nothing you can do; just put him on steroids,’” Goldberg Tolmach [...]

“Put yourself and your baby on a chemical-free diet.”

As a scientist, Andrea Jones knew the advantages of eating pesticide-free foods even before she got pregnant. During her pregnancy, she ate mostly organic foods, but she didn’t give it serious thought until her son, Kyle, now 3, was a few months old. Jones started reading about [...]

“Detoxify bathtime by learning which ingredients to avoid”

Cozy Friedman opened her first of three children’s hair salons, Cozy’s Cuts For Kids (cozyscuts.com), in 1994 with the idea of taking something potentially unfriendly or scary for children and making it fun. She provides colorful car-shaped styling chairs, entertaining videos, toys, balloons and bubbles. She also developed [...]