Robyn O’Brien

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Guest Blogger

According to the New York Times, Robyn O’Brien is "food’s Erin Brockovich". As the founder of AllergyKids, an organization designed to protect the 1 in 3 American children with autism, allergies, ADHD and asthma, Robyn has appeared on Good Morning America, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and CNN highlighting the role that chemicals in our food supply are having on our health. Born and raised in a conservative Texas family on supply side economics, Ding Dongs and Doritos, Robyn earned a Fulbright Fellowsip, an MBA on a full scholarship and served as an equity analyst on a multibillion dollar fund prior to moving to Boulder, Colorado with her husband and four children. Robyn is the author of The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About it (Random House, May 2009). Additional articles by Robyn can be found on her blog, FOOD POLITICS, at www.allergykids.com

Blog Posts by Robyn O’Brien:
Since when did it get so hard to be a mom?
When Courage and Conscience Collide
Canaries in the Coalmine
The Price Tag of Sick Kids
Picky Eaters, No Time and a Limited Food Budget?! Me, too!
We are a nation of 300 million eaters.
Failure at the FDA?
Viruses and gene guns?
Playing God in the Garden?
Calling All Detectives!
Seventh Generation’s “Let’s Talk…Period” Raises Funds, Awareness for Ovarian Cancer Research