Monthly Archives: November 2011



Trim your Waste

It takes approximately 20 seconds to put our food into take out containers. As the packaging can remain in our landfills forever, how can that possibly be considered convenient?! 3 things you can do to fill your stomach, but not the landfill: ReFuse Unnecessary Stuff When taking out, refuse the unnecessary packaging! Think about the [...]

How We Raise ‘Em!

From birth, we watch over our children with a fierce protective instinct.  We love them, we nurture them, we gently guide them as they grow.  Wean Cubes are a great example, doing our best to eliminate toxins from their food while protecting the environment we pass on to them. There is NO question that we [...]

What prizes fit under your me wee tree?

Multiple Contests, Multiple Ways to Win! Wean Green’s Grand Prize 1. Download the app for your iphone or android. 2. Grow, love, feed and water your tree EVERYDAY. 3. When you get enough points you can start to decorate your tree. 4. Upload your awesome tree to our facebook page and encourage your friends and [...]

Making Your Baby Food

There are many benefits to making your own baby food: To start teaching your baby that homemade foods are enjoyable, and the easiest choice. To save money. If a jar of baby food is $1.50, and you go through even 1 per day from ages 6 months – 12 months, that’s about $270. To allow [...]

Movember-More than Ugly Mustaches

Kevin, our token daddy blogger, has eagerly signed up to help raise funds and awareness for mens health and prostate cancer. Check out Kevin’s Mo’Bro page: http://ca.movember.com/mospace/2515572/

Quick Toddler Snack

With a ton of energy and a tiny tummy, your toddler needs at least two, or maybe more, snacks per day. Snacks should provide nutrients to support energy needs, growth and development and health and well being. Snacks should come from real food, in its natural state. I am not a big fan of the [...]

Wean Team’s Token Daddy Blogger

Every blog needs one. The honest, unedited rantings of a daddy blogger. Kevin is a self declared urban farmer with roots in the Peace Country in Northern Alberta and now hails with the Wean Green mama and their two weaners in Calgary. His quirky type ‘E’ (engineer) personality keeps everyone in anticipation. Normally we don’t [...]

Wean Team’s Eco Expert

Whether you live in Toronto or Vancouver chances are you have seen Lisa Borden’s articles in Huffington Post or flipped through her communications companies amazing gift guides with the best eco gifts! We are so excited to introduce the one and only Lisa Borden, our new Wean Team Eco Expert! Lisa Borden, owner of Borden [...]

Wean Team’s Life Coach & Personal Trainer

Stevie is a Life Coach, Personal Trainer and all around Whole Life enthusiast!  She scoffs in the face of societies ‘ideal body image’ and guides women through a journey that leaves them healthy, confident and jazzed about their lives!  Stevie’s love of leading others in fitness began while volunteering at her local YMCA teaching step [...]

Wean Team’s Baby Food Super Mama

Jennifer House MSc, RD I am a Registered Dietitian and mom of two. With my help, moms-to-be and parent are able to nourish their growing family with confidence! Through personal nutrition consultations, meal plans, grocery tours, e-courses and group classes, my clients learn how to make nutritious food choices, and how to meal times more [...]