The Green Parent

Anytime you venture out on vacation, you put yourself at the mercy of the food selections that will be available  to your family at your destination.  Things get even more complicated at Disney because its not like you can just dash out of the park to pick up something else if you don’t like the [...]

Superbowl Sunday is not exactly known for its eco-friendly or healthy fare.  But that doesn’t mean that you have to wreck the planet and your diet to enjoy the game.  Over this past week, I’ve been asking folks on Twitter (a very cool micro-blogging website) for their favorite superbowl snacks.  Here are the Top Super [...]

Have you been following the latest news on peanut butter recalls? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently found Salmonella Typhimurium in the peanut butter and peanut paste produced by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at its Blakely, Georgia processing plant. And what started as one recall for Little Debbie’s peanut butter crackers has [...]

Today’s Giveaway: Universal Family Music’s 6-CD collection of tunes the whole family will love. Enter here. Last chance, contest ends today!! the movie easy a on dvd My eldest daughter hit a milestone this year and it’s one that I never read about in the parenting books.  Now that she’s a “big kid” she can [...]

Today’s Giveaway: Universal Family Music’s 6-CD collection of tunes the whole family will love. Enter.. New winners picked everyday!! Wanna know a secret?  I love soda.  Always have, always will.  There’s just something about bubbles and sugar that go so great together! Still, my addiction to soda is not one that I’m proud of…it’s not [...]

I don’t know what concerns me more; the number and type of chemicals that we use to grow “food” in this country, or the fact that we will soon no longer have any reliable information about the number and type of chemicals that we use to grow “food” in this country. Here’s the scoop… In [...]

It’s a gross but common fact that many conventional pet food products are made from the inedible waste from beef and poultry farms. These foods contain meat that is labeled “4-D” (in other words, the animals that are “Dead, Dying, Diseased, or Down (unable to stand)” when they are lined up for slaughter. Keep that [...]

If you’re still not convinced that organic foods are the best choice for your family and the environment, consider this…a study released this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, concludes that pesticides are present in the urine and saliva of children who eat conventionally grown produce. And not just any pesticides. The researchers [...]

Whether you have the kids in tow or you are heading out for a much needed reprieve, eating out can be a fun break from the usual hum-drum of the home kitchen. But eating out also gives you less control of what you will eat and how it will be served. Here’s how to eat [...]

It’s just about time to say good-bye to 2007 and ring in 2008. Get your new year off on the right foot with these eco-friendly tips to green your New Year’s Eve celebration. Send Evites: lost robin hood downloads Paper invitations are so 2007. Send email invitations, or evites, for your New Year’s Eve celebration. [...]

Just a few years ago, the organic section in my small town grocery store was limited to a dated funky looking package of tofu and a few dried up herbs. Now, organic foods are all over the store, from coffee, to eggs, to salad dressing. Organic foods are produced without all of the chemicals and [...]