Organic memory foam, all natural memory foam, certified organic memory foam. What is it and why can’t you find these descriptions of memory foam anywhere in the mattress industry?

That is a good question. It seems this is because according to every manufacturer of memory foam mattresses, including the manufacturers utilizing 20-30 percent biobased materials, a memory foam mattress containing more than that will turn into a goo. Here is a question for you. Do we want to start calling a mattress 30 percent biobased, “natural”? These days you can find Earth friendly memory foam or even eco friendly memory foam from manufacturers, but none of them I have talked with are claiming their memory foams to be certified organic memory foam, organic memory foam, or even all natural. Their only claim was more eco friendly and environmentally friendly.

Researching natural memory foam

In my research to find out more about natural memory foam mattresses on the World Wide Web I stumbled across myessentia.com. They have an interesting claim; they sell it. After doing some research on their site, I came to 2 conclusions. 1 is that Essentia is privy to completely cutting edge memory foam technology and knows something the entire rest of the memory foam mattress industry does not know and if so f that is the case, kudos to them.

My opinion however is this; disappointment for a couple reasons. I asked for a sample of the natural memory foam which was never sent. So I guess I’ll never know. So I still don’t know if Essentias’ claim to be the only manufacturer of natural memory foam in the world true is a true one. After all it it was their claim to be a natural memory foam yet their description calls it 100% natural latex, plant extracts, and organic essential oils.

As an experienced mattress professional I have not only sold the leading manufacturer of memory foam Tempur Pedic, but I also slept on one. My feeling is that memory foam neither feels like nor is in any way, shape, or form similar in construction. Then again I’m not an engineer.

Essentia’s Memory Foam Motives

I am curious though of a couple things. I wander if Essentia is trying to capitalize on the popularity of memory foam? Does Essentia believe all natural latex and memory foam are the same thing? Essentia please feel free to explain your position or tell us how your all-natural latex rubber can be called natural memory foam other than the fact there is no industry standard in place of what is what or what something can be called. The numbers I have heard in recent months claim even the most eco friendly bio based memory foam mattresses utilize no more than 30 percent biobased oils in their construction.

Nonetheless this raises some interesting mattress industry questions. So mattress buyers, industry manufacturers, and mattress retailers can or should the industry blur the lines between all natural latex and memory foam? Should we call latex the all-natural memory foam?

Do you think such a claim would only confuse the mattress market place even more?
Should we as an industry capitalize on memory foams extraordinary popularity by calling all natural latex memory foam.?

Sure latex can have a great feel and be nearly 100% pure. Some latex like the Dunlop process was engineered in the 1930′s while new modern updated engineering of latex manufacturing techniques like the Talalay Process have changed the playing field and offer a wider selection of feels. Memory foam unlike latex rubber is still the newest and most unique state of the art mattress technology to come along in recent years.

Perhaps the Industry will decide the issue if these two products are as different as apples and oranges. Debate and discussion may very well put such arguments to rest while answering the important questions when industry leaders put into place some uniform standards to it legitimizing all past, present, and future claims of natural, all natural, organic, and certified organic in the industry. Until then our industry is as wild as the old west.

In the case of St. Louis Missouri retailers, we would then have it “ properly sanitized” in order to comply with Missouri state law, which is similar to other state laws. If a store such as ours were to accept a returned mattress and have cleaned / properly sanitized, we will have introduced the very chemicals the mattress was designed to eliminate. In the case of removable mattress covers where dry cleaning would be possible, this too would introduce the very chemicals organic mattress buyers are trying to avoid.

Mattress retailers regularly offer comfort guarantees but not physicians, chiropractors and other health related professionals. However in each of these professional cases we have seen recommendation of everything from firm mattresses to soft, memory foam to latex and airbeds to waterbeds. Many of these same professionals have advised their patients with as many as 4 different types of mattresses only to make poor recommendations and not get it right. To our knowledge the only other professionals to miss 4 times and still get paid for what they do is the weatherman. We can only assume from medical professionals point of view that might be reason enough alone to offer a comfort guarantee on mattresses.

For smart mattress shoppers there are alternatives. Alternatives like all natural layers of latex rubber, which can be accessed by way of zippered cover. This zippered cover allows you to rotate and adjust the various different firmness layers to make it firmer or softer to meet your comfort and support needs. If your needs change you can purchase different firmness’s to recalibrate the mattress to your liking.

Unfortunately these comfort guarantees are not free and are a major reason for the increase of mattress retail prices today. In reality the dealer and the customer pay dearly for the privilege. The truth is a returned $3000.00 organic mattress if handled properly and legally is worth about as much as the used socks of a 7 years old boy who was just outside playing in the rain all day. Restocking fees and reselection do very little to cushion and offset the loss to the retailer. All customer will share in this loss and expense in the end.

If you are considering purchasing a new organic bed, but aren’t sure about the quality of our products, we invite you to request a free sample kit that includes actual samples of our 100 percent BreatheFresh latex, organic cotton, and pure wool.  Then read through our organic certification documents and see how every step of the process is verified so that you only get the best end result – a comfortable and toxin-free mattress.

You asked for it, here it is whether you live in Des Moines, Davenport, Sioux City, Cedar Rapids, Mason City, Dubuque Iowa, or a surrounding city, STLBeds can now assist you with your new organic mattress questions and purchases.

All of our all natural Dunlop Latex mattresses are available in the standard popular sizes and including:

Organic Mattress sizes we have available
King
Queen
Twin
Full
Twin EL
Cal. King

What brand organic mattress does STLBeds carry?
Land and Sky

Does STLBeds have a good selection of organic mattresses?
Check out a few of them for yourself.

• Heaven and Earth Organic Mattress
• Rainforest Organic Mattress
• Meadow Organic Mattress
• Mountain View Plush
• Mountain View Boxtop
• Mountain View Eurotop
• Acorn Baby Mattress
• Eco Coil
• Aurora

How do I know I would be getting the correct firmness?
With many of our models you will find that the firmness can be adjusted by you in your home. If you purchase to firm, or too soft you can rotate and adjust the latex rubber layer to suit your specific firmness tastes.

The organic mattress you buy in Iowa from STLBeds meets federal standards for fire safety naturally using no chemicals, or harmful toxins. Land and Sky builds their nontoxic mattresses using certified organic wool that is not only safe but is completely sustainable and easily replenished with out harm to the environment from harmful chemical.

The cover is not just made from cotton, but is made from certified organic cotton meeting specific standards in order to carry such certification.

Inner core support is not only adjustable but is made from the rubber of a tree which is replenish-able and sustainable, unlike standard mattress & boxsprings which derive their comfort layer from synthetic foams that are base from depleting resource oil. Durability of this rubber is second to nothing else.

Finally where can I try an organic mattress in Iowa?
How about your bedroom? Call STLBeds to find out how at 1-888-STL-BEDS or visit our showroom located on the South side of St. Louis Missouri. Well worth the drive for something you will spend not only a third of your life in, but also the next 15 – 30 years in due to their outstanding quality.

Learn how All Natural Dunlop Latex is made.

Learn more about organic wool.

See our organic mattress selection

View our organic sheets and organic mattress protectors.

Where can you buy an organic mattress in Arkansas?

Call STLBeds at 1-888-STL-BEDS

STLBeds, your neighbor to the north in Missouri, would like to introduce you to a virtually chemical free non-toxic mattress. It is a healthy alternative to today’s chemically treated fire retardant mattresses.

Click on any of the links below to learn more!

Where can I try an organic mattress?
How about in your home with our 90 day comfort guarantee or take a short drive north and visit our showroom and test rest an all natural organic mattress before you buy it.

Arkansas Organic Mattress Choices Include

All Natural Dunlop Latex (Customize your feel)
Certified Organic Cotton
Certified Organic Wool
Choice or Zippered or Non Zippered (Customize your feel)
Easy to Set Up and to Move.
Take a moment and click to learn more about the organic and natural components of our healthier mattresses from Land and Sky.

We are also Arkansas Choice for Organic Sheets and Organic Mattress Protectors. They not only protect your new mattress but they feel good too.

What Organic Mattresses do we carry?
· Heaven and Earth Organic Mattress
· Rainforest Organic Mattress
· Meadow Organic Mattress
· Mountain View Boxtop
· Mountain View Eurotop
· Mountain View Plush
· Acorn Baby Mattress
· Aurora
· Eco Coil

Please feel free to click on any of the links to learn more about our beds.

All natural and organic mattresses built from Dunlop Latex are some of the most durable and longest lasting mattresses available today. They are also customizable, naturally comply with the federally mandated laws for fire safety using now dangerous or toxic chemicals, and come in a variety of firmnesses and comfort levels.

STLBeds is located on the South side of St. Louis County and offers the best selection of green, all natural, and chemical free mattresses to be found. It’s worth the trip and we look forward to meeting or speaking with you.

Call Dave or Doug at 1-888-STL-BEDS

Next, the cotton is shipped to Thailand where it is spun into yarn, woven, cut, sewn and packaged all in one factory. The Thailand factory is compliant with the not for profit organization Eco Tex. Eco Tex is the European group intended to uphold certain eco friendly standards. They have certified that the Thailand factory is compliant to strict labor laws, up keep of the factory, cleanliness, and the caring for of its employees. The factory also complies with international fair trade laws. There are many companies that buy organic cotton, however after buying the organic cotton they fall short of most or all of the previous mentioned compliancy issues.

Gotcha Covered packages all of its organic sheets in biodegradable bags made for them from a cornstarch film and hemp. The only item that is not biodegradable is a small plastic zipper making it one of the most environmentally friendly packaged retail products sold today.

Gotcha Covered organic sheets are woven with 300 threads in a square inch and the construction is a sateen weave. Sateen is not an applied finish that makes it shiny it is actually achieved in the way that the yarn is woven. When you weave fabric there are yarns going one way and yarns going the other way and when you weave it together you get a piece of cloth. There are four threads that are next to each other and are woven warp and weft. In a sateen finish the four yarns are next to each other and then go over the one yarn in order to create the sateen weave, which gives it a luster and smooth, soft, quality finish on the surface area.

Gotcha Covered does not use any dyes or chemicals in their organic sheets while other companies use low impact dyes and finishing processes. Gotcha Covered has tried to keep their organic sheets as authentic as possible and only scours and combs their cotton. They use no bleach, no ammonia, or formaldehyde, which is commonly used in cleaning the long staple yarn. This is why you will sometimes see some tiny flecs of brown, which are bits and pieces leftover after scouring and combing the long staple yarn. Long staple yarn is the best yarn you can get as apposed to short staple yarn which typically has little stubbles at the top.

Many people are allergic to the chemicals that are put into the finishing processes used to make sheets. A low wrinkle sheet is an example of this which uses is a chemical finish to make them low wrinkle. Gotcha Covered does not use this process on their organic sheets. Many of these processes use dyes and cleaning methods, which utilize chemicals as well as lots of other things that happen during manufacturing. Unfortunately chemicals are often the necessary evil to achieve a certain look in sheets that people are looking for which can often result in chemical sensitivity or allergic reaction. Chemical over use is a concern for everyone especially those with allergies, asthma, and other respiratory issues. Other issues can include chemical sensitivity through by way of skin absorption developing into a simple irritant or a severe reaction. Gotcha Covered just wants to put forward a cleaner healthier sleeping surface alternative for its customers.

In the past organic sheets had been associated with all natural, green beds, and organic mattresses. Gotcha Covered has noticed a significant trend asserting that many sheet buyers are not just putting organic sheets on “green” mattresses. As an alternative many people are opting to include healthier layers of bedding such as mattress pads, protectors, and sheet sets to their existing non-green beds like memory foam beds, mattress & box springs, waterbeds, and airbeds for a healthier sleep environment.

If absorption or inhalation of chemicals while your sleeping for 7-9 hours concerns you, we know you will be impressed with the beds organically designed surface cover, which is built from the replenishable resource cotton. This cotton is grown on land that is certified as organic. Not only that but the organic cotton is certified organic and is documented as such through strict oversight. This is to see to it that dangerous pesticides or herbicides are not being used in curing the growth process. When you are shopping be sure to ask for copies of the organic cotton certification.

Today all beds must meet or exceed the mandatory mattress fire retardant law, known as 16 CFR Part 1633. It is a performance standard that restricts heat discharge in the case of a mattress fire. The majority of mattresses are using chemicals to comply with this law; some have not been tested while others are known to be dangerous. There are only two ways you can avoid such exposure to chemicals. One is with a prescription from your doctor or locate a mattress that passes the federal burn tests using natural components like certified organic wool, which is used in many of the best organic mattress brands sold today.

Organic Mattresses from manufacturers like Land and Sky offer their top mattress covers in two versions. Zippered and non zippered, which are sewn shut using a traditional tape edged method. Although the zipper may not be a favorite choice of strict environmentalist, these people should reconsider, zipper models allow for replacement of bad parts, customization, and exchange of layers for comfort or health reasons. Most importantly we can save a landfill from the disposal of an entire mattress set. Mattresses are one of landfills biggest problems due to poor decomposition and the fact that they can take up more space than a refrigerator.

Lastly we will talk about the core mattress component Dunlop All Natural Latex Rubber. The Dunlop Process of making rubber all be it a process, is one of the most environmentally smart mattress components built today. This is becuase of its virtually chemical free composition, cleanliness, low odor, durability, and versatility. People always seem to question its durability and shouldn’t. It is all natural rubber not petro based foam. Rubber and its flexibility and elasticity are used from everything from rubber balls to car tires making it perfect for the construct of mattresses. Petro based foams are known typically for breaking down quickly causing deep uncomfortable body impressions in regular coil spring mattresses.

The Saint Louis Eco Expo is intended to motivate and increase awareness for St. Louis and it’s surrounding communities about their environments. The Eco Expo hopes share  eco information through entertainment, education, and give access to businesses that are dedicated to attaining sustainability. This unique occasion is an opportunity for the entire family to discover and learn about uncomplicated changes that can be made which can make a great impact.

The Eco Expo is a two-day experience that will provide inspiration and ideas for all aspects of how we want to treat the environment from home life to work, home building, construction, and eco-fashion & beauty. All who attend can speak directly to experts whose services and products are designed to lend a hand to each of us, so we can all lead more environmentally responsible life.

Take time to learn about low cost and no cost tips to reduce your energy bills and consumption. There you and your family will see newest gadgets and demonstrations to hit the market and find out what is considered a “green” product. Visit the beer garden and enjoy home-grown musical artists unplugged. The kids will have a great time as well discovering the wonders of science in the Eco Expo’s green experiments lab.

Free to the public and family-friendly The Eco Expo will be a great place to spend the day. There will be bike parking available. For more information about the Eco Expo event, you may contact Ellie Sertic at esertic@stl.emmis.com. Or (314) 613-7966

Please take a moment to read through the
Eco Expo Scheduled Exhibitors and Sponsors

Water  Furnace
Vatterott
Trumpet Homes
The Energy Experts
Stone Mill Design
STITT Energy Systems
St. Louis Composting
St. Louis Cardinals
St Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership
St Louis Jefferson Solid Waste Management District
Southwestern Illinois Housing Advancement Fund
Sigma Aldrich
Schlafly
RSL Lighting
RSI Kitchens & Bath
Rhino Shield Siding
Renewal by Anderson Windows
Redwood Creek Wine
RCGA
Pure Power
Owens Corning
Nortiz Tankless Water Heaters
Missouri/Illinois Home Performance with ENERGY STAR
Missouri Solar Living
Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri American Water
Metropolitan Sewer District
Metro East Parks and Recreation
MERS Goodwill
Meeting of the Rivers Foundation
Laclede Gas
International Mulch
ICF Construction
Human Development Corporation
Heartland Alternative Energy
Habitat for Humanity of St. Louis ReStore
Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County ReStore
Great Rivers Greenway
Going Green Kits
General Mills
Fuel Freedom International
Frieze Harley Davidson
Extreme Toy Store
Eco Expo Scheduled Exhibitors
Design Extra
DALO Glass Tinting
Cort Furniture
Clean USA
Citizens for Modern Transit
Carpenters District Council of St. Louis
Big Shark Bikes
Barefoot Wine
Anji Mountain Bamboo Rug Co.
Allied Waste

1. Most typical mattresses wear out in eight years. Consumer Reports said that. In fact if you research organic mattress made from all natural latex foam rubber it typically offers great long lasting shape and support 15 to 20 years.
2. All natural latex rubber comes from a quick growth tree. Standard Polyurethane Foam (PU) foam in mattresses is a derivative from oil. Can’t grow that or replace it.
3. Standard PU foam in standard mattresses quickly gets body impressions or body indentations because companies opt to fill them with low-grade foam. Organic latex rubber does what rubber does best, bounces back and keeps it shape like a ball, tire, or rubber band.
4. PU foam is a synthetic chemical coagulation or plastic. Latex rubber is virtually chemical free and very simple in it composition.
5. Organic mattresses do not off gas and good ones have minimal smell. Conventional mattresses, memory foam mattresses, and even waterbeds have strong chemical smell when they are first unpackaged and chemical smells can linger for quite a long time.
6. Nearly every mattress made today brand name and non brand name uses chemicals to comply with federally mandated laws for fire safety and fire retardancy. Most organic mattresses comply naturally using organically raised wool to limit mattress burn rates and comply with the CPSC law TB1633FR in a healthy manner.
7. Chemicals used as fire retardants have not been tested in long term or short term sleep applications. The result for us is sales pitches from manufactures claiming only trace chemical amounts. So we really do not know what or if we are breathing nauseous chemicals and dealing with absorption of chemicals through the skin that we don’t understand much less what their affect might be.
8. Mattress manufactures are not required to disclose what chemicals are contained in mattresses to make them FR compliant. Do you know what is in organically raised wool? If it is certified wool like most organic mattresses, No chemicals.
9. Naturally grown thread made from organic cotton makes not only a high quality and very durable cover, but again limits the human body to no harmful chemical exposure. On the other hand the typical mattress and boxspring fabric cover is comprised of mostly synthetics with very minimal amounts of natural material.
10. One strips and rapes the Earths land while giving back absolutely nothing. The other is built from renewable, sustainable, replenishable, and healthy resources and is almost 100 recyclable.

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Adjustable Comfort Organic Mattresses

We are very proud of this healthy and better approach to eight hours of superior sleep. Land and Sky’s Organic Mattresses are a simple approach to better health through reduced nightly exposure to dangerous and harmful chemicals and toxins found in nearly every mattress manufactured today.

Mattresses that can  include such toxins  since the CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commissions 2007 mandate calling for regulated mattress fire retardantcy standards.

Mattress that are included with these possible hazards:

• Mattress and Boxsprings
• Memory Foam Mattresses
• Waterbeds (Yes even waterbeds)
• Airbeds
• Latex Beds

Does Yours?

We were encouraged by Healthy Planet Magazine to show Saint Louis Missouri that in addition to diet and exercise that there is one more way to promote better health, and who knew it could be as easy as going to bed.

Sleeping on an Organic bed starts with 100 percent natural latex rubber built from an Earth friendly sustainable resource, the rubber tree. The milky white sap is extracted, whipped to a froth, and finally emptied into a form and baked.  The finished foam rubber sheets vary in firmness and thickness and will be inserted into naturally made mattresses. Land and Sky’s all-natural organic mattresses are then covered with a certified organic cotton cover. The zippered cover is quilted for luxurious comfort with certified breathable and naturally moisture wicking organic wool. The wool not only adds comfort & breathabilty, but acts as a safer chemical free fire retardency barrier that only a handful of mattresses in the world offer today.

These Organic mattresses are available with coordinating foundations or use them on you existing platform. Custom comfort and firmness levels can be adjusted through out the life of your new mattress for just the right feel as your body changes.  3 of Land and Sky’s Organic Beds have this unique adjustable comfort feature:

Heaven & Earth
Zippered Rainforest
Meadow

You won’t be sacrificing quality.  Land and Sky does this by replacing cheaper synthetic layers of polyurethane foam often found in today’s mattresses with the highest quality 100 percent all natural biodegradable latex rubber. Rubber is used in the construction of automobile tires, but flexible enough to have been used for a body formed fitted diving suite.

Sponsored by Healthy Planet Magazine
Date Sunday, February 22 2009
Expo Time 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location Webster Groves Recreation Complex At Elm Ave. & Glendale Road just off highway I-44
Come see More than 50 Exhibit Booths
Free Health Screenings and Chair Massages
Plenty of Food and Product Samples
Free Reusable Tote Bag To first 500 Visitors so show up early
Live Music, Beer & Wine Tasting & much more!
Adults $8, Kids under 16 FREE of course!
For more Healthy Planet Natural Living Expo information please call 314-962-7748

For More information on Organic Mattresses and All Natural Latex Mattresses please call 636-296-8540 or Contact Us . We are located in booth #23  in the Health & Wellness Area (Gymnasium)