For Learning & Living

Sites that help you navigate products/ingredients

Environmental Working Group (EWG Skin Deep)
www.ewg.org
Easy to use-enter a product, see how it rates. Their list keeps growing. However, not every product is listed (obviously), so you may have to off-road and do some of your own research. Use the EWG Healthy Living app for easy reference when shopping.

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
www.safecosmetics.org
Good amount of informational articles, tips, and the science of ingredients, explained in digestible language. No specific products mentioned. Concentrates on the ingredients

True Friends of Natural and Organic Cosmetics
www.natrue.org
Ever-growing non-profit organization committed to promoting and protecting Natural and Organic cosmetics worldwide

Apps for Food/Cosmetic Knowledge in Shopping

EWG Healthy Living App

OnSkin (product scanner)

Think Dirty-Shop Clean 

Clearya-NonToxic Shopping Simplified

Yuka-Food & Cosmetics scanner

One Label-Food & Cosmetics checker

For local produce from farms, farmers’ markets, CSA programs etc.

www.localharvest.org-Enter your city or zip and you’ll get listings of farms, CSA programs, farmers’ markets, events and more.

www.localfarmfinder.com-Find local farms near you for pick-up for delivery of fresh product

www.realfoodfinder.com-A site for people to find farms in their area (you can even search by what you are looking for) or for farmers can promote their own farm

www.upickfarmlocator.com-Enter the produce you want to pick and the state where you want to pick and you’ll get a listing of where to go