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What are the best boots for working on an organic dairy farm?

Question by *B*A*B*Y*: What are the best boots for working on an organic dairy farm?
My husband is starting a new job on an organic dairy farm and he needs new boots. However I’m not familiar with dairy to much and I’m not sure what ones to look for for him. He needs something that will be good in the manure and everything and also something that won’t make his feet sweat in summer or freeze them in winter. Thank you!

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Answer by ?
Most of the Boots made by rubber or leather materials. You need air passing system in your boots in summer season and in winter season boots need to be well protected.

http://www.workbootsusa.com/

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How many organic certifications are there in US? Which one is the most popular? Which ones should I get?

Question by reica: How many organic certifications are there in US? Which one is the most popular? Which ones should I get?
Our products (soap, shampoo, lotion, etc) have FOAM certification (European Standard). Our farm also has organic farm certification as well. We don’t use pesticide of any kind. We grow mixed plants in the lots so that certain nutrition won’t be use up by certain plants. We also grow flowering plants to attract insects which will help with pollination process. Please help if you know. Thank you in advance 🙂

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Answer by ohiorganic
this link will take you to a site that not only lists all the certifiers in the world but allows you to compare them. Handy
http://www.newfarm.org/ocdbt/

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Oops: Illegal Carcinogen Found in Nearly 100 Shampoos

For related articles and more information, please visit OCA’s Coming Clean Campaign page.

You’d think that something you buy at the grocery store and slather on your head would be tested to make sure it won’t kill you. Or at least that it wouldn’t include a suspected carcinogen banned in at least one state.

Unfortunately, you’d be wrong.

Amanda Just of Ecorazzi writes:

The Center for Environmental Health, based in Oakland, California, did some independent laboratory tests on 98 shampoos and soaps to determine if they contained cocamide diethanolamine, also known as cocamide DEA, a chemical that is outlawed in the state of California because it is possibly carcinogenic to humans. The ingredient is a chemically modified form of coconut oil that acts as thickener or foaming agent.

Some of the products that contain high levels of the illegal chemical are sold under well-known companies such as Colgate Palmolive, Paul Mitchell, and Prell. Lab tests also found the carcinogen in children’s products, such as a store brand bubble bath from KMart, and a shampoo/conditioner from Babies R Us. Other store brand products that contain the carcinogen came from Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and Kohl’s.

The Center for Environmental Health is holding the companies accountable, suing Walgreens, Lake Consumer Products, Vogue International, and the manufacturer of Prell. Some of the products containing cocamide are marketed to kids, and one even lies that it’s organic.