Six billion pounds. That’s the number of chemicals Americans use each year—in products that we put on our bodies and in our homes. But many of these chemicals are practically undetectable. Often, you can’t see, taste or even smell them. In fact, some of these chemicals are there specifically to mask the telltale smell of…
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In folklore, gremlins were mischievous imps that sabotaged machinery. These tricksters were the hidden culprits behind inexplicable problems. For pilots in World Wars I and II, gremlins were the little imaginary creatures that carried invisible scissors, tinkering with the machinery, cutting critical lines and causing mechanical failures and plane crashes. In real life, though, tiny…
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Shiftcon is excited to announce that Gary Hirshberg, the Chairman and Founding Partner of Just Label It and the Chairman and Co-Founder of Stonyfield Farm, will be speaking at our Thursday night reception sponsored by Only Organic. Gary serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards including Applegate, Honest Tea, Peak Organic Brewing, Late July, Quantum…
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We are excited to announce Farm Box LA as one of the main sponsors of ShiftCon 2014. Living in Los Angeles with hectic work and family schedules, not everyone has the time to visit the farmer’s market for their fresh and seasonal produce selections. Farm Box LA was created to help give even the busiest…
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Childhood brings to mind bright colors: colorful crafts, brightly dyed toys and multicolored foods like Jell-O, Ring Pops and birthday cakes. While we might have a hard time picturing childhood without all the dazzle of beautiful colors, studies have shown that all those foods containing artificial colors are toxic for children. Over the decades, the FDA has…
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We are proud to announce another sponsor for Shiftcon 2014, Dr. Bronner’s. Dr. Bronner’s is a 5th generation family owned business that makes socially and environmentally responsible products of the highest quality and dedicates profits to helping make a better world. “All-One!” Their personal care products and oils are fair trade and organic.These…
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Summer is barbecue time, which everyone knows means unhealthy, junk-laden toxic foods and questionable toxicity with your grill. But what if the problem wasn’t the foods but the brands you are buying? And what if you could eliminate toxins from your grilling? You can make choices that keep you and your friends and family healthy, while…
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At Healthy Child Healthy World we often say that although children are only 24% of the population, they are 100% of the future. According to the CDC, today’s children are the first generation expected to live shorter lives than their parents. In the last 20 years, more than 80,000 chemicals have been registered for use…
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We’ve got another amazing breakfast sponsor for ShiftCon 2014. Applegate will be providing conference-goers with some prime protein options – organic deli meats, bacon, and sausage. Applegate’s mission is to “Change the Meat We Eat.” That means making good meat – the kind that’s raised humanely without antibiotics and hormones – accessible to as…
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Social Media is a content distribution channel used to disseminate and distribute information. As bloggers we know how important it is for our work to be accessible, shareable and findable. But with so many ways to pour information into the sea of the internet, is there a way to make it by the bucket rather…
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