San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 27, 2012

Farm to Bedroom is the newest concept in organic and local offerings in the wool mattresses and organic mattresses business. Never before has this concept been adopted by a company looking to make an impact in the health and well being of its consumers. The Futon Shop from San Francisco has made this their mission.

Farm-to-table (or farm-to-fork) refers to food safety and the stages of production in food harvesting, storage, processing, packaging, sales, and consumption.

What is Farm-to-bedroom?

Farm-to-bedroom refers to a movement concerned with producing home furnishing and mattresses from organic materials locally harvested, naturally processed, and chemical free. Farm-to-bedroom is also associated with organic farming initiatives and sustainable agriculture in which the very furniture, sofa beds and mattresses you use is manufactured using these natural resources. This takes place in The Futon Shop's manufacturing plant located in San Francisco and distributed to their 10 showrooms throughout the state. The Futon Shop is a vertically integrated retailer that manufacturers 33 organic and green mattresses from start to finish. The company dates back to 1976 led by Suzanne Diamond and her team of specialists dedicated to producing eco friendly furniture and bedding.

What does this mean for the consumer?

Today it is not only “you are what you eat,” but "you are where you sleep" or in other words "you are where you live." Farm-to-bedroom brings locally made, natural and healthy furniture into America’s homes. In today’s fast paced world the bedroom is often overlooked although more time is spent in bed then on any other piece of furniture in a home.

How does Farm-to-bedroom work?

Here are some examples of how farm-to bedroom works. Farmers in the southwest herd sheep, and shear the wool in the spring. Sheep are harvested for wool not meat and the wool is harvested year after year. This wool is purchased by The Futon Shop in San Francisco. This natural wool is then felted into bats and layered into their Organic wool mattress collection. Organic cotton is harvested in cotton cooperatives and then brokered by The Futon Shop for use in their organic mattress collections. Farm-to-bedroom by The Futon Shop offers consumers a back to basic alternative that is chemically free, naturally healthy and offers comfort as well as long term health benefits. The vibratory nature of our existence and surroundings shapes who we are on a subconscious level. A more natural existence will not only contribute to a healthy lifestyle but a more pleasant mental state. Farm-to-bedroom can cause a ripple effect that will translate to a healthier and more peaceful society while supporting the local eco system. The Futon Shop hopes to spark this movement with their mattress collections designed for sofa beds and platform bed frames.

The home should not be a chemically produced separation from the natural habitat but rather an extension of the natural surroundings. There is no reason that you can’t live in style and feel good about your eco footprint.

Organically yours, The Futon Shop

33 Organic Mattresses

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 01, 2011

This Labor Day, celebrate by buying American made products. Statistics found by ABC Made in America tv series states that if American’s buy 1% more of American made products, this will increase 200,000 jobs in the USA. Companies that manufacture products such as mattresses like The Futon Shop is a prime example of a multiplier Factory. By purchasing products made in a Multiplier factory, the products are made by multiple employees, and consumers are helping multiply the American workforce with products made in America instead of products made in other countries.

The Futon Shop is one of the longest standing companies that personally hand make each and every mattress in America. The Futon Shop has been producing futon mattresses in San Francisco since 1976. The Futon Shop uses organic and green material in all mattresses, ensuring customer’s bring environmentally safe products into one's homes. This year The Futon Shop has launched a new line of healthy mattresses for babies, the Lullaby collection. All mattresses are standard size, 28”Wx52Lx6”H. All mattresses are firm, and the factory is solely for organic and green manufacturing. The Futon Shop organic cotton is brought in from America and Organic certified.

The Futon Shop’s Mission is to create a better and healthy night’s sleep, by providing premium green material and the best comfort in all mattresses. The cotton used in all crib mattresses are pesticide free and certified organic. The Organic Trade Association states that cotton covers 2.5% of the world’s cultivated land, yet uses 16% of the world’s insecticides, more than any other single major crop so when possible buy organic cotton for your family and the planets health.

The toxic free fire safety organization found through studies at Duke University, that it is imperative that babies sleep on chemical free products because they are more susceptible to harsh environmental dangers. The 2010 and 2011 analysis showed baby products donated from volunteers that 80% of products tested contained hazardous or untested chemical flame retardants. the Dr Alan Greene, a professor of pediatrics at Stanford University in Palo Alto, believes although it can be expensive, if a parent spends his money on one “green” item, he said it would be an organic crib mattress. A new mother can protect an innocent child in the womb, but when it comes to the harsh reality of the dangers once they are born, parent’s can protect newborns by buying a healthy mattress void of toxic chemicals that emit poor indoor air pollution. Buying organic cotton products for newborns, guarantees a safer and a healthy planet for future generations and the earth.

What makes a safe green crib mattress? Dr. Green explains that conventional crib mattresses are often made of polyurethane foam, which is basically solid petroleum, putting-off gasoline fumes that become extremely flammable. Most companies that develop mattresses with polyurethane and traditional crib mattress load up their mattresses with a multitude of deadly flame retardants that sit in the foam and emit the chemical into the air.

What are the dangers to avoid with crib mattresses? Babycenter.com and Consumer Reports are major websites that are recommended by most doctors and are great resources for new mothers and fathers. One of the biggest issues with choosing a mattress is the fear of the raising risk of SIDS. The main issue when choosing a healthy crib mattress is the firmness. Consumer reports and Babycenter.com both suggest to get the firmest crib mattress. This problem occurs when a baby sleeps on a soft mattress, it can create suffocation. The Futon Shop crib mattresses are all hand made to feel firm and supportive.

Babycenter.com recommends buying an organic mattress no matter the price because it will “give parents peace of mind.” It is the chemicals and industrial compounds used in standard mattresses- such as flame retardants known as PBDE’s, vinyl, and polyurethane foam that are harmful. Babycenter.com also recommends not buying used crib mattresses, because this has been known to cause SIDS.

Crib-mattress-reviews reports found dangers found in crib mattresses are BPA, Phthalates, PFOA, and PBDE. The Futon Shop avoids toxic exposures because of their organic benefit. BPA aka bisphenola is used for the lining of the crib mattress, which is voided when manufacturing organic cotton mattresses. Phthalates, is another unsafe toxin, which helps waterproof crib mattresses as does PFOA perflourooctanoic aka c8. Again The Futon Shop uses only organic cotton textile for a waterproof crib mattress pad, which eliminates the latter two chemicals. And PBDE's will never be found in any of The Futon Shop products because they do not use dangerous fire retardards. So whether you are buying mattresses for adults or children; buy green, buy organic, buy American.

Organically yours, The Futon Shop

Natural Love is the best love.

Marilyn Diamond
The Futon Shop
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2011

Since 1976 The Futon Shop, a vertical retailer manufacturing organic and green futon mattresses for sofas and beds offer clean solutions for chemical free bedrooms From farm to factory their products eliminate the dangerous toxins that are harming American homes. The secret art of purchasing a Chemical Free Organic Mattress.

1) Polyurethane foam is the number one ingredient in traditional mattresses today. Understanding the dangers from off gassing is why some many Americans are now purchasing organic mattresses. Off gassing from polyurethane foam, releases many harmful petroleum chemicals. The Petroleum based chemicals used in making foam are polymers and urethane, which contains an Isocyanate compound. The Isocyanate compound is one of the main culprits that causes illness, asthma and other diseases. Memory foam mattresses use an Isocyanate called TDI (Toluene Di-Isocyanate), which has a strong odor and over time seeps through a mattress, and into the air.

These chemicals in mattresses releases hydrocarbons that evaporate into the air we breath throughout a mattress' lifetime. These hydrocarbons are powerful carcinogenic chemicals, attacking and severely damaging the immune and nervous systems of adults and children. United States Department of Labor, claims that the health effects of an Isocyanate exposure include irritation to skin, mucous membranes, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing.
An alternative is mattresses made with Soyfoam. Soybean oil replacing up to 30% of the harmful petro chemicals in traditional foam mattresses.

2) Avoiding hidden fire retardants is difficult as the federal government mandates that all mattresses must be flame retardant. PBDE, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers is a common chemical that was used in mattresses as a fire retardant until 2005 when it was banned in the United States. Unfortunately all foam decomposes with age and Harmful PBDE in older mattresses continue to pollute ones bedroom. According to an EPA study in 2008, PBDE is especially toxic to development of the brain, leading to damage in learning and behavior.

Unfortunately PBDE is used in China to manufacturing fire resistant foams in furniture and mattresses, then imported into the US. Ensuring these chemicals are not in your mattress, buy local. Other common toxic compounds to avoid in polyurethane foams are Melamine, TDCPP, APP and pentaBDE. Cotton sodium wraps are generally treated with cyanide.

Fire Retardants should be eliminated from all mattresses Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey says, “ America’s system for regulating industrial chemicals is broken. Parents are afraid because hundreds of untested chemicals are found in their child's body." Many parents bring their newborn or toddler into their bed, unintentional harming their children. The EPA and the Agency of Toxic Substances and disease registry does claim that, “ children do differ from adults in their susceptibility to hazardous chemicals, including carcinogens and neuro-developmental effects of the fire retardants commonly used in baby mattresses”

Companies who manufacture their own mattresses give you the power to ask for a doctors note to omit any fire retardants that are mandated by law in their mattresses. When you buy from companies that import their products, do not know much of where their product is coming from, and buy in bulk; there is a risk of buying mattresses with unknown dangerous or banned chemical flame retardants.

3) Mattress pads can have concealed chemicals that are dangerous for children as well as for adults although labeled organic. Crib and toddler water proof mattress pads can contain polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC waterproofs fabrics, but has petroleum chlorine, a known carcinogen. The Futon Shop sells 100% Organic cotton mattresses and crib mattresses, as well as chemically free waterproof pads. The Futon Shop's organic cotton waterproof mattress pads are frown free from GMO and pesticides, do not contain Phthalate and are lead free from polyurethane film.

4) It can be confusing when shopping for latex mattresses. Companies often offer latex mattresses that are made with a combination of synthetic (petroleuem based chemicals ) blended with latex and label it natural latex. Only 100% pure latex NRL is chemical free.

Claims are made the latex is natural as it comes from a rubber tree, but blended latex is commonly used and just labeled latex so beware. The Futon Shop purchases latex from Latexco, which uses the highest quality natural latex in the industry, called Naturalux. This latex is called Naturlatex and it's components offer outstanding durability and guarantee the ultimate comfort in any sleeping position. This is the “greenest” component available in the industry and the most “eco friendly” product on the market.

The Futon Shop celebrates their 35th anniversary, with two million futon mattresses sold. They are a proud trendsetter and a leading eco-friendly manufacturer producing premium mattresses and futon sofa sleepers in San Francisco since 1976.

The Futon Shop and their manufacturing partners are paving the green path with Fair Trade, Organic certifications, and fresh and new ideas for making sleeping a more healthy and clean experience. With years of experience and research, The Futon Shop offers four easy steps to help families get chemicals out of their bedroom.

Organically yours, The Futon Shop

Organic Mattress and Bedding

Marilyn Diamond
The Futon Shop
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Q Thang Do
The Futon Shop
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2011

The Futon Shop, has been manufacturing futon mattresses in San Francisco since 1976. Tucked away in a 30,000 square foot factory located at 2150 Cesar Chavez St. on the border of the Potrero Hill Neighborhood in San Francisco The Futon Shop will operate tours open to the public the third Thursday of every month from 2-3 PM. The Futon Shop manufacturers Futon Mattresses for sofa beds and platform beds, Folding foam beds, custom mattresses as well as slip covers and pillows right here in San Francisco. The Futon Shop employees 50 Californians from Northern to Southern California in the 11 sofa bed showrooms as well as in the organic mattress factory in San Francisco. The Owner of all The Futon Shop Showrooms and Mattress Factory, Suzanne Diamond and her team will personally run the public tours and answer questions as well as give demonstrations on the art of Futon Making. During the tour guests will see and feel pockets coils in all standard mattress sizes, chemical free Dunlap Latex, Soybean based memory foams, organic cotton and wool, learn how cotton is felted and explore isles of decorator fabrics.

Observe the ancient art of organic futon mattresses being manufactured from start to finish. View fair trade American grown organic cotton and virgin wool being felted from bales from America's farmlands to finish bats of fiber for inclusion in each handmade futon mattress. Touch and feel the texture and strength of each ingredient use in the manufacturing The Essence Mattress Collection Chemical free Dunlap Latex, organic cotton and wool being the key ingredients of this mattress collection. Watch the layers of organic mattress ingredients piled 15 inches high as it is inserted into the futon mattress making machines. Experience the natural wonder green and sustainable soybean based memory foams and pocket coils and participate in building your own temperpedic futon mattress. The Futon Shop's Royal Contour Futon Mattress Collection features soybean based foam futon mattresses in 5 different densities and firmness. It is amazing to watch how the layers of ingredients built a finish futon mattress. Included in the Tour will be viewing of a mattress tufting machine as it places 35 individual lace tufts, (like buttons) into each and every futon mattress with it's foot long needles that automatically ties and secures the ingredients inside each futon mattress. Touch and feel all the Natural ingredients used in manufacturing these San Francisco based futon mattresses.

The Tour will conclude in the futon mattress and futon frame testing showroom. Where samples of each futon manufactured is displayed and can be tested by each participant. While siting on each mattress experience the benefits of the ingredients you viewed during your tour and see how they affect the softness or firmness of each futon mattress. Resilient Soy based memory foams will feel different than latex, wool will feel different than cotton, pocket coils will feel different than bonnel coils. The tour guide will explain the benefits of each ingredients and how it affects the support and lifetime of each futon mattress.

You can purchase any of the 33 unique and natural futon mattresses offered or design your own custom mattress. Call 1-888-821-1997 to schedule your school, group or individual tour.

Organically yours, The Futon Shop

Organic Futon Mattress.

Marilyn Diamond
The Futon Shop
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Q Thang Do
The Futon Shop
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 28, 2011

The Futon Shop, America's Largest Futon Sofa bed retailer, announces that it has surpassed sales to 2 million customers in the United States purchasing organic mattress and green sofa bed from there web site and retail stores. The Futon Shop has 11 brick and mortar showrooms as well as a robust on line e-commerce web site offering green baby organic crib mattresses, organic futon sofa beds and organic mattresses. This achievement was accomplished as consumers concerns with exposure to harmful chemicals in their homes and every day environment. Consumers now demand chemically free furniture, bedding and sofas to enhance their families health and well being.

With so many green and organic furniture stores, a strong online presence and now many retail locations across the country offering these organic and green mattresses, The Futon Shop can finally offer everyone in America a healthy and sustainable solution. An American Company, The Futon Shop main headquarters, manufacturing plant and distribution center in the heart San Francisco, CA, is where they offer the highest fair trade standards in the country and maintain leadership in organic and green furniture. Americans now demand innovation and they have a higher concern for the environment at home and worldwide then ever before. The Futon Shop purchases American organic cotton for their sofa beds and mattresses as well as the wool that is used in all futons. Making their mattresses right here in San Francisco helps to bolster the economy at a time when it is needed all around. The Futon Shop offers hundreds of eco-friendly sofa bed frames, over 30 green and organic mattresses and sofa bed mattresses, eco-friendly platform beds, and so many washable and removable futon covers, customers can mix and match to find the perfect combination. The choices are endless. By offering its customers a large and diverse organic and green bedding and green furniture, The Futon Shop is a leader in their field. This huge product selection is one of the key aspects that appeals to its 2 million customers.

About The Futon Shop
The Futon Shop was Founded in 1976 by a husband and wife team: Arthur and Suzanne Diamond. The Futon Shop has quickly become one of the global leaders when it comes to retailing organic and green futons, mattresses and furniture; both in their brick and mortar stores and on-line. Most of the company’s organic and green futons and organic mattresses are in stock and delivered in just a few days because they make the mattresses themselves. The company is also listed in the prestigious Sustainable Furniture Council and The Organic Trade Association, as well as hundreds of other affiliate organic and green programs.

Organically yours, The Futon Shop

Organic Futons Mattress and Furniture

Marilyn Diamond
The Futon Shop
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Q Thang Do
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2011

A new mother’s job is to protect her baby. An expectant mother keeps their baby warm and safe for 9 months, but how does a mother keep their baby safe from hidden dangers when setting up a nursery? The crib mattress is one of the most important purchases parents make, as babies sleep in their crib for the first two years. It's imperative that consumer are educated before choosing a crib mattress in order to protect their family from the many hidden dangers.

Pesticides not detected by the naked eye in non organic mattress are poisonous and lethal to children and adults. Consumers confusion on Organic practices and understanding labeling makes it difficult choosing the right crib mattress. According to Suzanne Diamond, cotton buyer for The Futon Shop one of the Nation’s leading Organic mattress and crib mattress manufacturer, "as a manufacturer, I have the control of what goes into my mattresses and I choose organically." Suzanne's crib mattresses are exclusively made with only the best organic material, which protects families from harmful chemicals. The Futon Shop's cotton is grown without toxic chemicals and pesticides, making the world a healthier place. In order for cotton to be certified organic farmers rely on crop rotation that replenish and maintain soil fertility while botanical means are used to control pests and weeds. The USDA only certifies cotton as organic when a field is pesticide-free for three years prior to planting. According to the Organic Trade Association, Dr. Chensheng (Alex) Lu of the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health has found that less pesticide exposure during pregnancy means less risks to your babies for a variety of diseases that can manifest years later.

There are Organic mattresses and crib mattresses online that appear to be labeled and designed safe for your child, but this does not mean they are. Many companies and websites have classified their product “Green ” or “Organic”, but when you look a little closer, you will find that companies are using deceptive green labeling that misleads customers. Every year there are hundreds of babies that get sick or die from dangers in toys and mattresses. According to Forbes, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled 44 toys in fiscal year 2010, ended Sept. 30, and several more in October and November.

The FDA and Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued general warnings regarding the use of phthalates and their dangers to our health, yet the PVC surfaces of baby mattresses still contain phthalates.Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC). Barry A. Chief Engineer, G.E.M. Testing & Engineering Labs complete a Toxicity Analysis of Baby Mattresses in which he found all plastics are not created equal. The "vinyl" surface typically used in baby mattresses is actually polyvinyl chloride (also known as PVC). Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is made from vinyl chloride, which is a combination of petroleum (ethylene) and chlorine. This particular plastic is far more toxic than the plastic bag you might use to pack your lunch. The waterproof organic cotton crib mattress protectors offered by companies similar to The Futon Shop containing no harmful metals or VOC.

Groundbreaking research from Dr. Jim Sprott, OBE, a New Zealand scientist and chemist, states with certainty that crib death is caused by toxic gases, which can be generated from a baby's mattress. Chemical compounds containing phosphorus, arsenic and antimony have been added to mattresses as fire retardants and for other purposes since the early 1950's. A fungus that commonly grows in bedding can interact with these chemicals to create poisonous gases (Richardson 1994).

The Futon Shop home is San Francisco, California where hand make premium futon sofa beds, organic futons, organic crib mattresses, covers and organic bedding are made since 1976. The Futon Shop takes Organic living from the guest room into your baby’s Nursery seriously with over 2 million mattresses sold, their Organic line of futons, every day mattresses, and crib mattresses are their most popular products. Often customers come in not really knowing what is Organic versus a traditional mattress. Basically the answer is no pesticides, no chemicals, and no off gassing from polyurethane.

Organically yours, The Futon Shop

Organic crib mattress the healthy choice

Marilyn Diamond
The Futon Shop
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Q Thang Do
The Futon Shop
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 28, 2011

The Futon Shop supports today's environmentally conscious consumer who wants natural green and organic furniture for their homes and families when it comes to sleeping. According to the better sleep council, the average person spends half their life sleeping. Smart parents want their bedrooms as well as their children bedrooms, family rooms and playrooms to be a healthy, organic safe place to live and grow.

The Futon Shop has been manufacturing organic mattresses for over 30 years, but until now has only offered them through their 11 California showrooms and online though their e-commerce store.

The Futon Shop's organic futons, green furniture and organic sofa and platform beds are now offered in showrooms in New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri and Texas.

The beauty of organic sofa beds, organic mattresses and green furniture is that chemical free furniture and beds adds health comfort for everyone and is good for the planet. According to medicineworld.org, petroleum based chemicals in the environment attribute to the high degree of cancer today. Most of the foam used in furniture and beds in the 21st century are exclusively made from petroleum based chemicals.

The Futon Shop uses natural,chemical free Latex from the sap of trees, organic cotton grown in the United States, Virgin Wool and soybean based memory foams in their sofa beds and futon mattresses and now organic furniture is available to everyone Nationwide

Organically yours, The Futon Shop

"The Futon Shop mission statement is that every American deserves to sleep in a safe organic chemical free environment."

Marilyn Diamond
The Futon Shop
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Q Thang Do
The Futon Shop
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 23, 2011

The Futon Shop with showrooms throughout California, on-line and with a growing dealer network nationwide manufactures and offers green eco-friendly furniture, organic mattresses and organic sofa beds which promotes health better sleep and overall relaxation. Consumers are demanding healthier products and home furnishings that add not only value and comfort but also health and security for their families well being.

Today more than ever families are looking for alternatives to traditional petroleum based chemical foam used in traditional bedding and furniture for their homes and family. By using bio-based soybean foams and memory foams, natural chemical free latex, wool and organic cotton the Futon Shop is making it's mattresses, sofa beds and organic furniture comfortable as well as good for the environment.

Organic sofa beds and organic mattresses help American families stay healthy and sleep better throughout the year. Wool and organic cotton in your mattress breathes more naturally than synthetic products, providing relief from MCS (multiple chemical sensitivities). Organic cotton and wool mattresses increase duration of REM (rapid eye movement) during sleep, as well as regulating body temperature for a more comfortable sleep. Natural latex, soybean based memory foams in mattresses do not off gas, are completely free of arsenic, lead and harmful VOC's (volatile organic compounds). Organic mattresses and sofa beds just makes sense for healthy homes, families and mother earth.

The bedroom is the most sacred place in the home and is where families refresh and rejuvenate their minds and bodies to get ready for the next busy day. Organic cotton and wool mattresses have been scientifically tested and proven to slow pulse rate which leads to deeper relaxation during sleep. A better night's sleep ensures a more relaxed and stress free day, which everyone needs today. Wool Mattresses are warm in the winter and cool in the summer, anti-microbial and hypoallergenic. Wool and organic cotton mattresses for bedrooms and organic sofa beds for living areas offer sustainable, biodegradable and eco-friendly home furnishing solutions for healthy homes and families.

Organically yours, The Futon Shop

Natural Bedrooms Improves Sleep.

Marilyn Diamond
The Futon Shop
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Q Thang Do
The Futon Shop
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