• Useful Herbs in Pregnancy
• Overview of Helpful Plants During Pregnancy
• Herbs to Avoid During Pregnancy
• Licorice and Its Potential Risk of Preterm Births
• Echinacea Safety During Pregnancy News
• Caution: Pregnancy and Personal care products--Skin Deep---A safety assessment of ingredients in personal care products
• You're expecting a baby-now what?

• Taking Care of Mom
• Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Resoure Guide

• Herbal Remedies for Colic
• Herbal Remedies for Fever
• Herbal Remedies for Sleep Problems
• Cloth Diapers and Your Baby
• Common Questions (and amusing answers!) on using clothes diapers
• The Early Bird: Waking Up Too Early

• 10 Good Reasons to Buy Organic
• 15 Ways to Celebrate Organic
• Questions and Answers About Organic
• The Definition of Organic
• NY Times Article on Organic Bodycare Products
• Organic Cotton...Why Cotton?

• Study: Organic Dairy and Meat Improves Quality of Mothers' Breast Milk
• 101 Reasons To Breastfeed
• Breast Milk Interactions
• LaLeche League
• Natural Remedies for Problems in Breastfeeding
• The Advantages of Sustained Breastfeeding
• Sore Nipples
• World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)
   
• Breastfeeding--Best for Baby, Best for Mom
   
• Breastfeeding, Best Bet for Babies
   
• A Woman's Guide to Breastfeedng American Academy of Pediatrics
   
• IBFAN International Baby Food Action Network
   
• Engorgement
   
• Breastfeeding Basics
• American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Their Breastfeeding Statement
   
• Using Gentian Violet

 

• Rooibos
  
   

 
• Tips for Parents and Caregivers: Help Your Baby Survive and Thrive
• Safe Infant Bedding Practices
• Back To Sleep Campaign
• Important Safe Sleeping Tips!
• Minimizing Flat Heads
• SIDS Q and A
• SIDS Facts
• Stillbirth Q and A
• Stillbirth Facts
• Breastfeeding
• Pacifiers Can Help Reduce the Risk of SIDS
• Preconception Care
• SIDS No Longer a Mystery -
  New Research Identifies a Potential Biological Cause
   

• "I Actually Enjoy Diaper Changes"
• Attachment Parenting
• Sleep Aids for New Parents

Terra Firma Farm

A Community Farm and Educational Academy

To teach our children to grow through growing, to care by caring for, and to nurture by nurturing.

• Protecting the Next Generation
• OCA & Cancer Prevention Coalition Warn of Hidden Carcinogens in Baby Care
• The Truth About Fragrance Oils
• Demand Safer Cosmetics
• Diethanolamine(DEA): A Carcinogenic Ingredient in Cosmetics & Personal Products
• Allergy to parabens
• The National Toxicology Program recently reaffirmed that DEHP is a risk to human development. This reinforces why hospitals should move away from it wherever possible. HCWH's press release about this is available:
• Ten Steps To Our Children's Toxic Free Future
• Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
• Body Burden-The Pollution in Newborns
• Creating a Healthy Environment for Your Child’s Development
• Position on Breast Feeding, Breast Milk and Environmental Contaminants International Lactation Consultant Association