We hope you had a wonderful holiday season! To ring in the New Year, we will be getting in new jewelry from Radiant Hope of Better Way Imports! By supporting meaningful jobs, Better Way Imports seeks to encourage not only a permanent way out of poverty and oppression with dignity, but also provides an opportunity… Continue reading »
Oct
22
Unique Batik Bags on their way!
Get ready to enjoy a great new selection of bags at Mustard Seed! Coming within the near future will be a shipment of bags from Unique Batik. This new shipment will boost the variety of bags at Mustard Seed, and allow for many gift opportunities as the holiday season is readily approaching! A new bag… Continue reading »
Oct
19
Thirty days in the life of the Seed…
What have we been up to here at Mustard Seed? Let’s have a re-cap, shall we?… Cotton, Cotton, and More Cotton! On September 21st and 22nd, I was asked to attend and speak at Mizzou’s Sustainable Cotton Summit about cotton and sustainability from the fair trade persepctive. I learned a great deal about cotton production… Continue reading »
Oct
11
Oct
09
A Sneak Peak…Better Way Imports
What does fair trade do for the women of Better Way imports? It provides them with a steady income so they can get away from human trafficking. “For the first time in their lives they have a choice.”
Oct
07
Happy Fair Trade Month!
October is Fair Trade month and we have plenty to celebrate! October 8-10, 2010 Artrageous Weekend is here again! We will be celebrating with festivities on Friday and Saturay. Friday night from 6-9 p.m. we are opening the exhibit “Anamnesis” a collection by Renee Reed-Miller. Her collection explores external elements using organic cues from the… Continue reading »
Jun
28
Radiant Hope
Radiant Hope Jewelry, an artisan group of Better Way Imports, has quite a story. Products are created by a group of women who have escaped prostitution, gendercide, persecution, and war in the Middle East. The women work in a Safe House to make jewelry, but also to empower each other and to reach out to… Continue reading »