The Bite:
How 'bout the crazy waste that piles up after he leaves. This year, give your kids an eco Easter basket - our picks'll make 'em delirious...in a good way.
What's nuttier than a man-size rabbit delivering chocolate eggs?
03.30.2009
Submitted by alara on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Benefits:
- Keeping a clear head about fair wages. Fair trade means peeps who make baskets and chocolate get a square deal - and self-sufficiency - from their labor.
- Not making Earth a (nervous) wreck. The green plastic "grass" in most Easter baskets is made from petroleum; we found alts made with more sustainable materials, like wool.
- Going mad for organics. Lots of conventional Easter candy's made with corn syrup, an artificial sugar linked to obesity and grown with toxic fertilizers. Our options are sweetened with organic evaporated cane juice.
Personally Speaking:
Biter Kristin Wagner, mom of three (and Jen's BFF), says Spun City Organic Cotton Candy is good stuff. "We all devoured it! Love that it satisfies your sweet tooth without polluting your body."
Wanna Try:
Baskets
Grass
Candy
- Wedge Worldwide Kid's Market Basket - colorful, fair-trade basket with sturdy handles; reuse for toy storage ($11).
- DIY Bite - repurpose any basket, bowl, or flowerpot in the house; it's all about what's inside anyway.
Grass
- Nova Natural Easter Grass Fleece - reusable fleece made of merino wool and mohair (see photo); pack includes 25 grams each of dark green, moss green, and blue green fiber ($7).
- Edible Easter Grass - wafer-like candy in grass green strands ($3/1 ounce).
- DIY Bites - shred recycled green paper in your paper shredder; or make a nest of green yarn and use it later for crafts.
Candy
- Surf Sweets Organic Jelly Beans - organic candies made with evaporated cane juice, tapioca syrup (a thickener made from cassava root), and veggie coloring ($6/three 2.75-ounce packs).
- Sweet Earth Organic Chocolate Eggs - organic, fair-trade, solid chocolate eggs in milk and bittersweet (vegan) varieties. Also bunnies ($3-$5).
- Spun City Organic Cotton Candy - organic cotton candy in pastel colors made from evaporated cane juice and tinted with fruit juice ($3/1 ounce).
Timeout
Jen with the two eldest girls, Lexi, 9, and Grayson, 7.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Mama Biters choose organic cotton candy instead of the regular kind, we'll keep 208 cottontail rabbits in processed corn syrup outta our kids' bodies and reduce the demand for cheap corn.
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