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The mission of the AllergyKids Foundation is to restore the integrity of the food supply and the health of our children.

Our goal is simple and straightforward: we want to protect the American children from the chemicals now found in our food supply – chemicals not used in children’s foods in other developed countries. In our efforts to achieve this, the AllergyKids Foundation works to:

1. Inspire choices that enhance the quality of life, improve nutrition and create change in the health of our children, schools and communities.
2. Inform parents and caregivers about food grown without synthetic additives, artificial growth hormones and toxins.
3. Address the increasing prevalence of synthetic additives, artificial growth hormones, antibiotics and genetically engineered allergens and proteins now found in the U.S. food supply and its impact on the health of our families.
4. Provide materials and resources to help individuals and families reduce their exposure to toxins in their diets.
5. Cultivate team building and grassroots movements that drive change in our schools, communities, organizations, and federal food policy.

Our mission is a mighty one, but we believe that our children deserve nothing less and that together, we can affect remarkable change.

Since the introduction of chemicals and synthetic toxins into our food supply twenty years ago, there has been a dramatic increase in the rates of allergies, asthma, autism and ADHD:

• 400% increase in allergies,
• 300% increase in asthma,
• 400% increase in ADHD
• and an increase of between 1,500 and 6,000% in the number of children with autism-spectrum disorders.

As we work to do more, we are thankful for the heroic work that all of you are doing and are continually inspired by your stories of courage, hope, tenacity and faith.

Together, we can achieve the healthy childhoods that are children so deserve. And at the AllergyKids Foundation, we believe that hope is the knowledge that change is possible. The challenge is in the moment. The time is now.