How Whole Foods Whole Body is Changing the Personal Care Products Game with Stricter Organic Standards for Beauty Products. The Whole Story on Whole Foods’ New Organic Beauty Standards – Planet Green.
A friend sent me this video this morning. (Thank you Claudia : )) In the following video the newscaster asks, “Organic is more expensive. But it’s worth it. Right?” I suppose that really depends. If you value your health, the health of those around the world who work to give you the food on … Continue reading
I love Wholefoods Markets! Two of the four founders, John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy, got booted out of their apartment in Austin, Texas for storing store food there. So, they decided to simply live at the store. They bathed in the Hobart dishwasher, which had an attached water hose. That was when they were … Continue reading
The following is taken directly from fda.gov. “Organic” Cosmetics March 8, 2010 The following information is intended to respond to some questions people commonly ask FDA about “organic” cosmetics. Does FDA have a definition for the term “organic”? No. FDA regulates cosmetics under the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act(FD&C Act) and the Fair … Continue reading
Organic Heroes keynote panel 7/26/09 at Kickapoo Country Fair, La Farge, Wisc. Environmental Working Group co-founder and president Ken Cook discusses the state of organic regulations today and the fight to have regulations that work. (in 2 parts)
Mountain Rose Herbs is one of those special finds that you become excited by when it comes up on the page and only more so as you dig deeper through their offerings. Few companies deserve a great review more than this absolutely fantastic one. Mountain Rose Herbs has an incredible assortment of USDA certified ingredients, … Continue reading
This posting is in honor of Chris who rightly pointed out that my post “Top 21 USDA Certified Organic Skin Care Lines” was missing Badger Balm! He wrote, “Don’t forget about Badger Balm, http://www.badgerbalm.com. They were one of the first to make their entire product line USDA Certified organic (and they make great stuff).” Chris, … Continue reading
I just had to pass on this information about a truly great safe, non-toxic, USDA certified organic, effective, new product, Greenology, http://greenologyproducts.com. What makes them special? “We make kill claims. There is no ORGANIC cleaner that we are aware of in the marketplace that is making kill claims. Many of the “safe” cleaners work “decently,” … Continue reading