Go Organic! Vote with Your Wallet, Vote with Your Fork is a campaign of the Maryland Smart on Pesticides Coalition of 105 organizations and businesses. We’re working to protect our babies, bees and the Bay from adverse impacts of pesticides, while promoting safer alternatives.
Lemon Eucalyptus Oil: Best Natural Insect Repellant No one want to be bitten by mosquitoes or ticks, yet the most common insecticides and repellants can be dangerous too. In fact, it was recently discovered by the Maryland Pesticide Education Network (MPEN), that a common insecticide......
Mosquitoes are a nuisance, but poisoning from PFAS in mosquito spray lasts forever 9/14/21 update – A second Md. Mosquito Control Program product currently in use in the state, Mavrik Perimeter, was found to unexpectedly contain 16,703 ppt of the “forever chemical” PFAS. MPEN notif...
2 noted physicians explain the hazards of some common disinfectants. The EPA has generated a list, List N, of disinfectants that are effective at eliminating COVID-19 from surfaces. This list of 554 disinfectants includes 466 that are toxic to humans and only 88 that are......
Go Organic Salutes: HRI Labs for Low At-Cost Testing & a Citizen Science Study News on RoundUp, aka glyphosate, had me wondering how much is accumulating in our bodies and our kids. Health Research Institute (HRI) Labs are testing adults, children, and pets for a......
Happy fall! To celebrate the seasonal organic foods Maryland has to offer this autumn, we are going to be sharing some of our favorite dishes! All of these foods will be vegetarian or have vegetarian options, and we will do our best to incorporate some......
Going Organic Just Got Easier with the Merryfield App Merryfield is a new app to help you eat and live organically by rewarding organic purchases. While organic food can be more expensive than conventional products, the Merryfield app is a simple way to gain......
We cast a vote everyday with our wallet and our fork. Protect your health by avoiding pesticide laden food, products and services. Instead, choose organic or pesticide-free alternatives. Each choice is a powerful act that can reduce your toxic chemical body-burden. And, with every dollar you withhold from polluting industries, you’ll be creating greater demand for affordable, clean and organic alternatives.
Even adding a few organic or pesticide-free products can support your, and your family’s, health! Prices have fallen, so that some organic products and services can be little or no more expensive than pesticide reliant conventional products and services. See our Organic On A Budget page for tons of ideas and connections.
Find new suppliers for food (vote with your fork), services and products (vote with your wallet)—and learn the compelling reasons you should choose them. The following website sections will be expanded weekly with lots of new resources to help you move toward a pesticide-free lifestyle. Get started now, with the links below. Go Organic! Vote with Your Wallet, Vote with Your Fork.
Organic on a budget.
Avoid the Dirty Dozen.
Finding clean food.
Farmers market pocket guide.
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Find Eco-friendly diapers,
organic beauty care,
healthy home products.
Safe home pest control.
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New farming trends.
Healthy lawn & garden.
Bee-safe plants, seeds.
Bee-safe pest control.
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Support clean farmers.
Find products, services,
shops and websites.
Guide to “eco” labels.
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Pesticide research library.
Go Organic principals.
Need to know strategies,
i.e. Safe mosquito control.
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On a tight budget?
No worries! Learn
cost-effective ways
to Go Organic,
enjoy the benefits,
on budget.
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Step 1: Pledge your intent
to buy less pesticide-
laden products, to vote with
your wallet & fork. Sign on!
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Join Smart on Pesticides
listserv for action alerts
on Maryland efforts to
reduce toxic impacts.
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