health

Gone too far?

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Those who think that society has “gone too far” in supporting breastfeeding, that mothers who formula feed are demonised and breastfeeding mothers aren’t: Show me the women who are losing their jobs for formula feeding. Show me the women who… Read More ›

Something blue from a Biggest Morning Tea

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I had the chance to remind myself of the charm of Emily’s work because I went along to a morning tea fundraiser for the Cancer Council at my second cousin’s home, which was a very pleasant few hours that flew by while drinking tea and noshing cakes with other women, and indeed went so well that we are probably going to form a book group of some sort. The Cancer Council’s target for their Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser is $11,000,000 and so far they’ve raised less than $1 million for their 2009 drive, but there’s the whole month of June to go.

Nestle helps Australian consumers*

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…wishing to take part in the longstanding boycott of their products by conveniently displaying a wide selection of their food products in a new TV advertisement (and presumably a related print campaign) aiming “to raise the profile and relevance of… Read More ›