Know Your Latex Mattress and Its Components
You really have to watch labels these days. Seems with everything you eat and buy, there is a label attached that is supposed to disclose all ingredients and/or cautions. If you are in the market for a new mattress and want to try something organic, you naturally want to make sure what you are buying is authentic. For anything to be known as organic – whether it’s food or housewares – the products must go through a strict evaluation. If you aren’t familiar with the process when it comes to buying bedding, here are some things you should know about what ...
Read MoreGood Night. Sleep Tight. The Doctor was Right.
by Rex Mitchell for Organic Comfort Zone News published Oct 14, 2009 Looking for ways to feel strong and invincible? Want to slow down the aging process and look more beautiful? Thinking about shedding a few pounds? Searching for ways to strengthen your immunity against colds and viruses? The solution could be lurking behind your bedroom door. According to a survey taken by the National Sleep Foundation, the typical American sleeps under seven hours per night on weeknights and more than one-fifth of the population reports sleepiness interferes with activities several days a week. Alarmingly,...
Read MoreWhether Your Taste is Antique or Contemporary – An Organic Mattress is the Right Choice
Today, most bed-frames and mattresses are standard sizes, but every now and then we get a request for an odd sized mattress. Usually, someone with a special size request has a cherished antique bed that requires a nonstandard size mattress. Because we have our own factory, most requests can be accommodated and ready for delivery in about 5 days. If you own an antique bed, then you will understand what I mean when I say that when you climb into bed at night, you are wrapping yourself in history. Your antique bed may have been passed down from generations and if it could speak, would tell...
Read MoreSomething so intimate has become under-valued
When Food, Inc premiered at our local theatre, I told the family we were going to see it together. Hubby was on-board and the kids not so much. The film focuses on mass production, that is, our food being produced using very industrialized methods. Fatter chickens in half the time and herbivore cows forced to eat corn (which in turn gives them e-coli bacteria), all for the purpose to make plenty… and make it faster. The way our food is produced has drastically changed over the past few decades. In sharp contrast, the marketing of our food hasn’t changed much over the years....
Read MoreAn organic mattress may be the best gift to give your child a head start in life
They might seem like adults sometimes and they might seem like small children at other times – it’ s the time in life when physical, biological, psychological and behavioral changes are occurring at lightning speed. Your son or daughter is no longer a child and not yet an adult – they have grown beyond adolescence but are not quite adult (NQA). As an NQA, your child faces adult decisions but is still dependant on you, at least in part, for financial and emotional support. Your child longs to complete the transition into adulthood but still needs your steady hand and...
Read MoreCheryl makes the news … again
Shortly after Christmas, (December 27, 2008), the following interview appeared in The Virginian-Pilot newspaper: Cheryl Hahn Ecopreneur, Tomorrow’ s World/Organic Comfort Zone By Victoria Hecht The Virginan-Pilot Cheryl Hahn wants to put you to sleep. But not too soon. She’ d rather you finish this article first and drift off thinking about the stuff of her dreams: bedding and mattresses. Hahn is the owner of Tomorrow’ s World/Organic Comfort Zone (www.organiccomfortzone.com), a Norfolk-based business that’ s grown and changed – in name, mission and location...
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