Resources: Non-Profit

Sustainable Table

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Sustainable Table® celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food. Projects include The Meatrix®, award-winning, humorous animations on industrial agriculture and The Daily Table, their deliciously popular blog. Visit www.sustainabletable.org to help save small family farms!

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Environmental Working Group

Saturday, January 16, 2010

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) works to protect kids from toxic chemicals in our food, water, air and the products we use every day.  They provide reports and tools to help consumers protect themselves against toxins.  They also have a cosmetics database (Skin Deep) that matches over 41,000 personal care products against 50 toxicity and [...]

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Healthy Stuff

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Healthy Stuff has tested over 5000 consumer products for the presence of chemicals associated with a range of health and environmental hazards.  Healthy Stuff tests only for the presence of chemicals not exposure.  Exposure depends on a variety of factors such as the tendency of a chemical to volatilize, how the product is used, etc.  [...]

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Beyond Pesticides

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Founded in 1981, Beyond Pesticides is a non-profit organization devoted to assessing and publicizing the risks of conventional pest management practices and identifying and promoting healthy and environmentally-friendly non-chemical alternatives.  Beyond Pesticides provides a wealth of information about pesticides including the Pesticide Gateway, a database of 80+ pesticides, and fact sheets on non-chemical treatments for a [...]

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