The Village Country Store Blog

• January 31, 2017
• Michele Adams

Get Your Yoga Groove on With Your Fair Trade Happiness

"Why they always look so serious in Yoga? You make serious face like this, you scare away good energy. To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy. Even smile in your liver. Practice tonight at hotel. Not to hurry, not to try too hard....

• January 11, 2017
• Michele Adams

Fair Trade. Just the Facts. Fair Trade Fashion's Finest!

Ooooh, we just got in a varied assortment of Unisex Fashion Fair Trade T-Shirts! Just the Facts Please.   Made by Freeset. Freeset is a fair trade business offering employment to women trapped in Kolkata's sex trade. They make quality jute bags and organic cotton t-shirts, but their mission is freedom! Organic? Naturally! Nutritious! Yes! Get two, one for you and one...

• January 03, 2017
• Michele Adams

Fair Trade Handmade Needle Felted Wool Garden Bird Birdhouse

We got em! You want em! Come and get em!... Handcrafted from felted wool and hand-died yarns, Wild Woolies Birdhouses are made with sustainably harvested materials including sheep wool, hemp and bamboo. And, these fun hand-felted wool birdhouses are created by skilled, Fair Trade artisans in Katmandu, Nepal, supporting both urban and village women.  And the birds love em too! Get...

• December 19, 2016
• Michele Adams

Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Tree Raises Awareness for the Environment

With so much plastic waste being created everyday in diverse locations round the world, this recycled plastic bottle Christmas tree facilitates to create and elevate awareness of environmental pollutants, and hopefully educates to a consciousness to always recycle! Which is good for the planet! Created with the aid of a collection of citizens in Elbasan, Albania, the center city public tree...

• November 21, 2016
• Michele Adams

Here Comes Santa Claus, Right Down Fair Trade Lane!

 Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus Fair Trade Lane!        Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer - Pullin' on the reins    Bells are ringin', children singin' - All is merry and bright!!Hang your stockings and say your prayers - 'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight!      Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, Right...