Food

Front Door Organics:

Front Door Organics brings 100% certified organic produce and groceries to your Toronto home. A family owned and operated business with strong ties to Ontario farms and many Toronto communities, their service is based on their Fresh Box – a vibrant sampling of 10 – 15 certified organic fruits and vegetables. Front Door Organics also carries over 400 certified organic grocery products that can be added to your Fresh Box delivery.

Whole Foods Market:

Whole Foods seek out the finest natural and organic foods available, maintain the strictest quality standards in the industry, and have an unshakeable commitment to sustainable agriculture. Whole Foods is a store that brings excitement, information and quality to your shopping experience. Community support includes classes in their stores, which of course has included Sprout Right for over five years!

The Sweet Potato:

The Sweet Potato is my second home. It's in my hood (Bloor West) and I love supporting them as they have supported me for years. The owner gets to know his farmers, and I love the variety of local and interesting produce that's available. They also launch new products, so it's a great place for new finds.

Services

The Sleep Doula:

The Sleep Doula provides physical, emotional, and educational support to exhausted parents while helping solve their children's sleep problems. They offer 24 hour support via phone, text, email, and if desired in home.

Footprints Therapy Specializing in Pediatric Osteopathy:

Footprints Therapy is a multi-disciplinary practice that offers physical therapy to from newborn to adulthood, through osteopathy, physiotherapy, naturopathy, nutrition councilling and massage therapy.

Core Expectations Fitness:

Core Expectations provides safe and effective pre & postnatal personal training exclusively to pregnant women and busy moms with little time in the privacy of their home.

Pascaline Phillips Naturopath:

Pascaline Phillips has been practicing Naturopathy in Toronto for the past 10 years. She has children of her own and has helped many Sprout Right clients over the years with specific health concerns.

Janet Neilson Homeopath HD, RhA, RN:

Janet Neilson is a homeopathic doctor, holistic allergist (RhA) and registered nurse. Janet has been involved in health care for over 25 years and has worked in both conventional and alternative medical systems. Her current practice areas include homeopathic detoxification methods, energy healing, hormonal imbalances and allergy elimination. She has a private practice located centrally in Toronto.

Research

The Environmental Working Group:

Lists and lists of safe products for your babies, from sun cream to bum cream, plastic issues, organics and much more. They are at the fore front of a lot of the current research and committed to keeping you informed. An excellent newsletter to sign up for.

Seventh Generation:

Makers of chlorine free diapers and wipes, household products and personal care that are safe for our environment and our little ones. Informative website about issues for our families.

Vaccination Risk Awareness Network:

If you are looking for some more information about vaccinations and your child, please visit this website for more. We especially encourage you to read the article about the flu vaccine before you get it.

Pure Know How:

Brings together facts about the toxins in our everyday products and deliver practical "do-able" solutions. Shares our real life experiences with consumer products and practical alternatives. They have a great list of the plastic materials, their uses and saety. Look out for the plastics symbol chart. Handy to print for reference.

Toy Info & Healthy Toys

Toys are such a huge part of our lives and now they are being recalled almost weekly. Get informed with these great sites and keep up to date recalls and what is safe for your children. Fantastic downloads of guides for safe toys.

Toxic Nation:

A Canadian site dedicated to letting you know what to look for and avoid when it comes to toxic chemicals, from baby bottles to skincare and household cleaners.

Motherisk:

Motherisk counselors talk to hundreds of women and their healthcare providers each day providing guidance, support and peace of mind.

Organic Lifestyle:

Located in the heart of Toronto, they offer Organic and Natural alternatives for your home, your lifestyle and your baby! A great place to start to look for ways of becoming 'green' in all aspects of your life.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Food Recall Alerts

Health Canada

Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy Food and Health

Food Matters Documentary Trailer

The focus of the film is in helping us rethink the belief systems fed to us by our modern medical and health care establishments. The interviewees point out that not every problem requires costly, major medical attention and reveal many alternative therapies that can be more effective, more economical, less harmful and less invasive than conventional medical treatments.

The ‘Food Matters’ duo have independently funded the film from start to finish in order to remain as unbiased as possible, delivering a clear and concise message to the world. Food Matters.

Watch the full film at http://foodmatters.tv/AP.aspx?ID=547&EID=9059127

Books

Sprout Right – well, that goes without saying! Click here to buy.

Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child - Janet Zand, Robert Rountree, and Rachel Walton 2nd ed. (New York: Penguin, 2003). Click here to buy.

Prescription for Dietary Wellness - Phyllis A. Balch 2nd ed. (New York: Avery, 2003). Click here to buy.

Holistic Herbal - David Hoffman (London: Thorsons, 1990).

Resources