• Feline Holistic Select Wet Food: My Cats Try It

    When asked by email whether they’d like to review a particular cat food, both Choco and Oscar, being the gluttons they are, eagerly agreed. A package of Feline Holistic Select dry food and two cans of wet food arrived shortly thereafter.  (Coming up next, the review of Feline Holistic Select dry food.) They are most…

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  • Are Produce Washes Necessary?

    If you plan on peeling a vegetable, do you still have to wash it first? Yep, even the cute carrot you’re about to peel should be cleaned first, according to foodsafety.gov. The government’s food safety website doesn’t encourage using commercial produce washes though. And I agree! How about you? I’ve never used a commercial produce…

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  • Speak Against Child Labor Today

    Wouldn’t it be nice if you knew for sure that the Hershey bar you’re using to make s’mores with wasn’t created with child labor? Today, June 12, is World Day Against Child Labor, created by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2002 to bring attention to the problem of child labor, which can deprive children…

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  • Clean the Gulf with Art

    Gulf Aid Art, with 100% of proceeds going to Gulf Aid, will take place in the New Orleans Arts District, June 17-19 at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. Many talented artists will be featured, so please drop by if you can. If not, check out Gulf Aid anyway. It’s a nonprofit established to help with the…

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  • PVC-free Pool Toys!

    Just as I was wondering whether anyone makes pool toys that aren’t made of toxic vinyl, Inhabitots features some: PVC-Free Inflatable Pool Toys by EverEarth. Look how cute too. EverCare’s line of pool toys, which haven’t yet been released 😦 are made of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) instead of PVC and are free of phthalates. For…

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