Last night a friend who read my blog about fair trade asked me if the products I mentioned yesterday were only available online. The answer is NO! All the products I described, and many other fair trade items, are available at the Seeds Resource Center at Willow. In fact, the jewelry photo on my blog was taken at Seeds. I just stopped by Seeds this morning, so I know that the fair trade shelves have just been freshly stocked. I bought some olive oil, coffee, tea and stationary, and was seriously tempted by a spring-green scarf. Today I’m wearing a beautiful necklace I bought at Seeds several weeks ago—a glass bead choker like those pictured on my blog yesterday. I actually bought it as a birthday gift for friend, but I decided to “try it out” before I “give it away.” If you live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, consider a visit to Seeds and help provide a living wage for a woman rescued from the sex trade, a hardworking farmer in the Philippines, or a victim of HIV determined to provide a better life for her kids. Go to www.willowcreek.org/Seeds for directions and hours.
