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Amenity Hemp Dog Bed

Amenity combined their durable hemp fabric that’s blended with certified organic cotton and a classic Amenity print to create their new organic pet bedding collection. The look is natural and sophisticated and is something you’ll love to look at while it adds cozy comfort for your pooch all in eco-friendly style.

These farmers markets are for more than just picking up produce. At these big markets, you’ll find cooking classes, festivals and live music, along with dozens of vendors selling fresh local produce. All those extras make them hot spots for the both locals and visitors who want a taste (literally and figuratively) of the local scene.

Modern chemicals do many good things for us. But some also do harm — to us, wildlife or the environment. With U.S. industries now using some 75,000 chemicals, and as we discover more about their downsides, public demand for greater precaution is growing. The dramatic increase in organic food sales in the last two decades is one sign of this growing public concern.

In 2002, the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit watchdog, released the results of a “body burden” study that found 167 chemicals present in the blood and urine of nine volunteers. Then in 2005, the group reported the results of its tests of 10 newborn babies, in whom it found 287 chemicals present.