Sightings | interesting tidbits from around the net

Lisa, thanks for reviewing "Raising Baby Green" for GNMParents.
You’re very right that new parents can get overwhelmed when they consider "raising safer, healthier, and greener kids." That’s why we included lots of handy lists, such as the seven most important choices you can make for your newborn, and the best Earth-friendly household cleaners. Check out [...]

Thanks to Green Mama for bringing up the important topic of school lunch programs.  We all want to know that our kids are eating healthy all day long!  Last year Dr. Greene wrote a series on brain foods for kids to help parents discover healthy food choices for their children - and gave advice on [...]

I just discovered Dr. Jeremy Warner’s site, "Basic Eating: A Foodie’s Manifesto."  I like his "Six Strengths of Basic Food ", which really lines up with the way Dr. Greene and I try to manage our diets. Dr. Warner made me long for the sweet peaches from this summer, though. Yum!

Thanks to the Wholesome Baby Food Blog for listing Dr. Greene’s top 10 organic food choices. Using organic ingredients for baby’s first meals makes all the sense in the world!
We’ve recommended Fresh Baby, which offers a homemade baby food kit and lots of helpful products for busy parents. Luckily these days parents have great choices [...]

What a nice surprise… The San Francisco Examiner turned the spotlight on Dr. Greene on the paper’s daily Kudos page.
We earned the kudos for our new line of Dr. Greene vitamins — available now from the Vitamin Shoppe, Whole Foods, Wal-Mart and more!

Parenting.com did a great job of summarizing Dr. Greene’s message about choosing organic foods when it comes to shopping for your family. Stephanie Wood got it right when she said that some organic choices have a bigger impact than others. Click here for Dr. Greene’s top 10 organic choices!

Ethelynn, we loved your post about apples! We keep a bowl of crisp organic apples on our kitchen counter, with one of those push-down apple slicers within arm’s reach. By choosing organic apples, we not only avoid the contaminants – we also get more antioxidants for our money – the benefits of 4 apples when you [...]

Since we started our organic lifestyle, Dr. Greene and I have noted how much easier it’s becoming to find organic products on supermarket shelves. Lisa and Dave, you’re absolutely right about the results of the Body Burden survey – they do show that we’re absorbing environmental contaminants from the air, through the skin and, of [...]

Kim, you raise some interesting questions about going organic. When Dr. Greene chose to start his Organic Journey he learned definitely went through some growing pains as he adopted a 100% organic lifestyle. Thanks for providing your readers a list of the top 11 essential organic foods you should feed your family. Here’s another you [...]

We were thrilled when Tara Parker Pope of the New York Times contacted Dr. Greene to discuss the serious pediatric issue now in the news — “8-Year-Olds on Statins? A New Plan Quickly Bites Back”. Read the full New York Times article or Dr. Greene’s take on the issue at DrGreene.com.