With the potential dangers of pesticides in food making the headlines again this month, it's not surprising that many nurseries are going organic.
Opening an organic nursery was not a marketing tool but a lifestyle choice, says Kimberley Foster, managing director of First Learning Organic Children's Day Nursery in Shepperton, Middlesex. She is passionate about leading an organic lifestyle and says there was 'no decision to be made'
when starting her nursery just over two years ago.
The nursery is registered and licensed by the Soil Association, the UK's largest and arguably most stringent organic certification body. Soil Association approval means that First Learning follows strict guidelines.
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