"We live in a very global world. The item you just purchased at your local store likely was made with materials sourced from one or more foreign countries. Globalization has had some positive impacts. But it has also had some negative ones.
The ever increasing free market and competition for lower prices has led to long, complex supply chains; making it difficult to trace where the products we buy come from. But every once in a while, a news story will feature child slaves in cocoa bean fields or gold mines in Africa, garment factory fires killing hundreds or sweatshop workers committing suicide in Asia. And then we pause to think about what we buy." - LeeAnne McCoy, Change The World by How You Shop
- January 22, 2019
- Michele Adams
How to Shop Ethically While Following Your Ideals?
Change the World by How You Shop Ethical Consumption, Ethical Purchasing, Moral Purchasing, Ethical Sourcing, Ethical Shopping or Green Consumerism - All of these mean essentially the same thing ... an awareness of consciousness, social inequities and an inner probing of how we behave and act in the world around us. Each of us, in our own way, contribute to the...
- January 15, 2019
- Michele Adams
VHC Brands - The Village Country Store - We're Growing!!
Thank you so much to all our friends, family and wonderful customers who made our first few years online into an amazing experience! We continue to be so grateful for the opportunity to support artisan wares and crafts from developing countries ...and now, at the beginning of a New Year 2019, we are incredibly excited to have partnered with VHC Brands...
- October 31, 2018
- Michele Adams
Best Fair Trade Gift Shop 2018! - The Village Country Store
Fashion and Lifestyle Award! Best Fair Trade Gift Shop 2018 – Pennsylvania - the USA Thank you Lux Life Magazine! The Village Country Store - the USA Best Fair Trade Gift Shop 2018 – Pennsylvania - the USA Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear All About It! Thanks so much to the folks of Lux Life Magazine Reviews and...
- April 07, 2018
- Michele Adams
- March 10, 2018
- Michele Adams
Fair Trade | The Village Country Store
The Village Country Store is a fairtrade gift shop offering high quality unique handcrafted and handmade artisan gifts and crafts from around the globe. Our talented artisans use ethically sourced materials indigenous to the their country to create their crafts. As a fair trade store, we support an artisan to consumer process that brings dignity to individuals and their communities from developing countries...
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