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3 Causes to Consider on October 31: Nestlé-Free, UNICEF, Movember

October 29, 2011




October 31st isn’t just Halloween. It is also a date for thinking about and participating in three important causes. In our house, we’ll be participating in all three and I’d love it if you would consider joining us on one, two or three of these paths. #NoNestle: Nestlé-Free Week (October 31 to November 5, 2011) [...]

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Do advertisers just think parents are this stupid? Or are they?

March 4, 2011




We all like to laugh at advertisements that are so ridiculous that they are funny. But are they really harmless? Advertising Standards Canada doesn’t think so and it has launched a public service announcement on truth in advertising. The campaign is called Dressing it Up Doesn’t Make it True and they’ve created this great television [...]

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A booby-trapped breastfeeding prize

October 28, 2010




I love when great bloggers guest post for me. Today, I have a wonderful guest poster, Jill from Baby Rabies, with a post that I wish she didn’t have to write and that I didn’t have to share, because I wish that ridiculous things like this didn’t happen. Please read Jill’s story about the prize [...]

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Questions for the #noNestle Boycotters: My Response

October 25, 2010




There has been a lot of talk about the Nestle boycott as part of International Nestle-free Week and as a follow-on to last night’s #noNestle twitter party. A lot of people have been asking questions about the boycott and I’m happy to answer them. Today, Kathleen from A Moment 2 Think, put up a post [...]

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International Nestle-free Week 2010: Join Us

October 25, 2010




Today marks the beginning of International Nestle-Free Week 2010. If you are not yet aware of the reasons why people boycott and protest Nestle, here is a summary from my post on why I protest Nestle’s unethical business practices: Nestlé is accused by experts of unethical business practices such as: Promoting infant formula with misleading [...]

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Guest Post: Inside the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference

October 6, 2010




When I saw my friend Maya (@MarfMom) tweeting about some of the things she saw at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference, I asked her if she would be willing to share some of her observations with me in a guest post. While I am disgusted by many of the things she has to say, [...]

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Good Nutrition: Nestlé is part of the problem, not part of the solution

October 5, 2010




A little bird provided me with a copy of a Nestlé news release that was being circulated via e-mail today. It seems Nestlé has teamed up with the American Academy of Pediatrics on a Healthy Active Living Initiative.  According to the news release: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), with support from the Nestlé Nutrition [...]

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More strange bedfellows: WebMD Breastfeeding Guide Sponsored by Gerber (Nestle)

September 4, 2010




Yesterday I wrote about Babble.com conflict of interest in allowing sections of its Breastfeeding Guide to be sponsored by Similac. I know that formula companies engage in predatory marketing practices on a regular basis, but I hoped that Babble was an exception in terms of taking them up on their offer to sponsor a breastfeeding [...]

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Why I Protest Nestlé’s Unethical Business Practices

August 2, 2010




I am an outspoken critic of Nestlé’s unethical business practices. Although I have been aware of some of the issues with Nestlé for years, I have become more aware of the depth and breadth of the issues since my interaction with both Nestlé and the Nestlé Family Bloggers starting last September. This post provides an [...]

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Decision: Contra-Nestle “Unsponsored” BlogHer Ticket Price Donation

July 15, 2010




As I promised back in my BlogHer Accountability Post, I am making charitable donations in the amount of $600. That is the full cost of a BlogHer ’10 ticket, if it were not covered by sponsors. This year’s BlogHer sponsor list includes a number of companies that I am not enamored with, including most notably [...]

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