We love Christmas and we’re celebrating in big style this year! We called a family meeting and hatched a plan to offer you 8 weeks of healthy Christmas savings with a little added bonus – FREE Shipping Fridays throughout November and December! You’ll find a unique code on the homepage of our store each Friday morning. We’re [...]
Have you ever wondered if it’s okay to wash plastic food containers in the dishwasher, even if they are BPA-free? That’s a great question that requires a two-part answer, because not all plastic containers the same . . . Most Reusable Bottles and Dishes are Dishwasher Safe Many plastic containers are specifically intended for reuse [...]
Tupperware is one of the most recognized names in food storage, which explains why we are consistently asked whether they use BPA in their products. There is no short, simple answer to this question, but Tupperware does provide some information to help us sort through their products. As of today, Tupperware lists the Rock ‘N [...]
Have you ever wondered about the safety of the plastic wrap used by grocery stores for cheese and meats? It looks like the same type of plastic wrap that most of us use at home, right? And we’ve learned that the major plastic wrap brands (Saran, Glad, etc.) are made from low density polyethylene [...]
Many Americans have come to the point where they agree that bisphenol-a (BPA) is probably something worth avoiding in food containers. It’s no longer a leap of faith when current research keeps churning out evidence of gender-bending effects, such as increased aggression in toddler girls after exposure to BPA during pregnancy. But now we’re hearing [...]
Dr. Greene has been on the leading edge of the Green Baby Movement for many years. Most parents are familiar with his best selling book Raising Baby Green, which quickly became the standard for parents striving to make eco-friendly choices. Now Dr. Greene bursts onto the scene with Feeding Baby Green at a time when pre-packaged convenience [...]
We recently sent out a call for future How To Guide ideas on Twitter and Facebook and we got a lot of innovative suggestions (thank you!). Now we want to take it a step further to learn which ideas you like best so far, and to find out what other topics you’d like to see [...]
The following is a guest post from Tom Larson, President of GreenSmart. Tom serves as a Board Member of the Alumni Association of the College of Natural Resources at U.C. Berkeley, where he earned his B.S. in Conservation of Natural Resources. He spent his immediate years after graduation in the energy management industry serving on [...]
