DHA & ARA to be phased out of Organic products, including baby food & formula
Apr 28, 2010 Call to Action, Organics
Hooray! I have long wondered how it was that Martek’s DHA and ARA could be included in organic products when the additives are extracted from algae using a potential neurotoxin called hexane. Now comes this report from the Washington Post
“The Obama administration announced Tuesday that two synthetic additives will no longer be permitted in infant formula or baby foods certified as organic because the widely used ingredients have not received legal approval for use in organic products.”
“This move will give consumers the assurance that the USDA is taking organics seriously and isn’t allowing backroom deals,” said Vallaeys, a food policy analyst with the Cornucopia Institute, an organics advocacy group. The fatty acids in formula are often produced using a potential neurotoxin known as hexane, prompting many organics advocates to conclude that the regulatory National Organic Standards Board would not approve their use if it took up the matter.
Read the full Washington Post article
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3 – 5 year old kids have brand recognition “fast food is “fun”
Mar 12, 2010 Call to Action, Nutrition
How absolutely sad and depressing! Another reason to start fresh wholesome foods early on!
3 to 5-year-olds [in this study] generally thought of fast food, for example, as “fun, exciting, and tasty”, and thought of cola brands as fun for reasons such as “the bubbles are fun,” and “lots of people like them.”
The researchers wrote: “Contrary to conclusions drawn in prior research, the present findings suggest that children aged 3 to 5 years have an emerging capacity to understand the symbols of brands for which they form part of the target segment. Preschoolers can and do judge others on the basis of brand use. This finding has clear public policy implications in relation to at least two issues: materialism and the formation of eating habits.”
Read more here
FEED and FEED to Read charitable projects
Sep 23, 2009 Call to Action
Barnes & Noble has partnered with FEED and Room to Read to produce this exclusive FEED/Read Tote Bag. You pay $25 and get a very cool and sturdy tote bag and kids in Nepal get 3 school lunches and 3 books!
Your purchase of a FEED Read Tote provides three school lunches and three Room to Read children’s books for children in Nepal.
I recently purchased the FEED 100 for kids in Rwanda directly through the FEED site; it provides 100 school meals to hungry children in Rwanda through the UN World Food Program.
Visit Barnes & Nobel or the FEED site to check out these worthy causes!
