Eco-Day Care Center Introduces Toddlers to ‘Green’

By GREG BLUESTEIN
The Associated Press

There are plenty of signs that FIO 360 isn’t the typical day care center, but perhaps most telling are the blue slippers visitors wear to keep out chemicals they might track in on their shoes.

Then there’s the custom-made organic mattresses free of formaldehyde and other chemicals, imported organic wool rugs, organic wooden toys and hormone-free meals made by an in-house chef with — you guessed it — organic foods.

The center’s owners bill themselves as the nation’s first “eco-early care” center, and although there’s no way to know whether they merit the title, it’s clear they have gone to great lengths in the name of going green. Read more...