Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I don’t know about you but I adore my mother and look forward to celebrating the day with her and other family too, my own son included! Mothers play an important role in the lives of their children the world over. In the developing world fair trade […]
If you’re new to the concept of fair trade but would love to learn more, you picked a good week to start your research! Fair trade is expanding rapidly across the world, helping talented artisans everywhere to achieve a sustainable income for their families and produce high quality consumer products. Starting tomorrow, May 4, and […]
Perhaps you’ve heard about the horrific tragedy, which took place in Bangladesh last week when a building collapsed killing over 400 people. The building, which the day before its collapse showed cracks in its infrastructure, housed several clothing factories. Many of those clothing factories made items that were sold to customers in Western countries. Yesterday, May […]
Today’s couple is dear to our hearts. Kelly and Michael are two of Seven Hopes United’s biggest supporters. We met this lovely couple at the farmers market in Rancho Santa Fe, in northern San Diego. Kelly fell in love with our products the first time she saw them, and we were so honored to be […]
For the past three Tasty Tuesdays, this one included, I have been making chocolate chip cookies with fair trade chocolate chips. We thought this would be fun for two reasons: we would get to taste test several different fair trade chocolate chips and we would get to share recipes from some of our favorite food […]
