Are you looking for a healthy snack for your baby, toddler, or child that’s also eco-friendly?  If you are, Plum Organics is perfect for you! Founded in 2005, Plum Organics has been offering high quality health foods for newborns to grow up with for over 10 years. They believe the key to a healthy lifestyle is eating healthy right from the start.

Plum Organics believes that food should taste good, no matter what size your tastebuds are! Each product (either for babies, toddlers, and children) is made using only the freshest and purest vegetables, fruits, and grains. Plum Organics refuses to use any ingredients that aren’t certified organic and steers clear of all GMO’s. Their products are nutrient rich too, as Plum Organics understands that growing up requires a lot of energy! But why keep your child healthy if he or she doesn’t have a healthy planet to explore?

Plum Organics strives to leave a baby sized eco-footprint, focusing on reducing their impact on the environment by waste reduction and using less energy. B Corp certified, Plum Organics meets comprehensive standards based on social, environmental, and corporate responsibility. While their packaging may not be recyclable, it is still considered an eco-solution because it requires little time and energy to produce. Plum Organics may leave a small eco-footprint, but they are committed to leaving a giant impression on society.

Plum Organics’ program Full Effect is an initiative dedicated to fighting malnutrition, diabetes, obesity, and other childhood health problems Full Effect provides children across the country with healthy and nutritious food. Plum Organics also proudly partners with well known organizations like The March for Dimes, March for Babies, Healthy Child Healthy World, Baby Buggy, Stroller Strides, and Pregnancy Awareness Month to help ensure long and healthy lives for children all over the world. So if you have a young child and want to keep the planet in mind while keeping he or she healthy, start them off with Plum Organics!

By Peter Piscia

Save $10 on orders above $50 on Plum Organics’ online store with code GREENHALLOWEEN. Stock up on a yummy supply of individually-wrapped, grab ‘n go treats like Fruit & Veggie Shredz & Fruit Straws. Buy by the cases and save even more. Offer ends 10/31/13.

No tricks, just treats!

For more info on Plum Organics and their full line of products, go to plumorganics.com. Check them out at facebook.com/PlumOrganics and Twitter @PlumOrganics also!

Halloween sure works up a lot of sweat! Whether it be handing out treats, hosting a Halloween bash, or trick-or-treating, you’ll definitely be looking for something to quench your thirst by the end of the night. This Halloween, Honest Tea encourages you to try one of their products instead of an unhealthy soda or sugary sports drink. Their brand is committed to providing you with the highest quality beverages while keeping their practices sustainable and eco-friendly.

Honest Tea was founded in 1998 by Seth Goldman and his former professor, Barry Nalebuff, who bonded over their love of tea and their preference for drinks with less sugar.  The two then set out to concoct a beverage with three requirements, real tea, real taste, and honest production. Since then, Honest Tea has grown into a nationally recognized brand with a full line of healthy and tasty drinks such as teas, juices, sports drinks, kids drinks, as well as carbonated beverages available all across the country.

Real tea, real taste, and honesty provide the framework for Honest Tea’s philosophy on making their products. They are honest in all aspects of production. Honest Tea wants you to know that they work hard to provide you with the simplest and tastiest beverages possible. All of their products contain natural ingredients and proudly display the Fair Trade Certified seal as well as the USDA Certified Organic logo. Even the bottle is made from PET plastic, which is recyclable, won’t leach into groundwater, and uses less resources to manufacture and ship/ Oh yeah, and they just redesigned the bottle to use 22% less plastic too ! The tea brewed is real, whole leaf tea, causing it to contain higher levels of antioxidants, which promote healthy living, than most teas available as well as an device that will determining if you need a water softener.

Honest Tea stands as a model for corporate social responsibility and knows that giving back to the community is essential for a successful organization. Their Drink Pouch Collection Program encourages children and parents to collect and send in empty drink pouches to be recycled into unique products like bags, or even furniture. Honest Tea also proudly sponsors The Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure, The Arbor Day Foundation, and Bethesda Green. The company strives to openly produce healthy, eco-friendly, and sustainable products while encouraging consumers to rethink how and what they consume. So this Halloween, instead of washing your sugary candy down with sugary drinks, grab one of any number of Honest Tea beverages. They taste great, are healthy, and you’ll feel good about supporting a brand that prides itself on being a steward for sustainability.

By Peter Piscia

For more info on Honest Tea and their full line of products, go to HonestTea.com. Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/HonestTea and Twitter @HonestTea!

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