Keith, Marna, and All: Maybe each reader can find their own home-country manufacturer for their respective country.
I just read that Sorel signed and agreement with Crescent, Inc., one of the last truly US made hosiery companies. http://www.crescenthosiery.com/index.htm Regarding other countries, I watch a Japanese language channel in San Francisco and see that Japan has many home-grown productsl; soley for affinities in Japan. The same can be said for folks from Mexico and the peculiarities of homegrown products marketed in California for resident Mexican population - chicle, hard to find spices, tamarinds, dried shriimp, etc. And in Seattle, I found some ludefisk, make only in Seattle for local Norwegian population. And in Paris, I recall finding some lovely home manufactured pastries that I would love to ship to the US. And in Dublin, Ireland, I visited the Guiness Brewery and nothing like homegrown Guiness right from the raw tap!!!! And my girlfriend from Honduras will "die" to find any Honduran specialties good market/resturant in San Francisco's Mission District to order platanos with rice and papayas (no tortillas please!) Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera....says Yul Brenner. --- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Marna, Phillip and all > > There's one company, I think doing e-commerce, that > has tried to > source all their goods as strictly Made in the USA, > and they've had a > lot of difficulty, but have succeeded in offering a > good catalog. > I'll try to find the article I received about them. > > Where it really happens is in local markets, like > CSAs for food for > instance, many varieties, not just food. > > Best wishes > > Keith > > > >A bit off topic, but, Phillip wrote: > > > ><<but Sorel Boots of Portland, Oregon is only U.S > made.>> > > > >No kidding! I am from Portland, and did not ever > hear of Sorel's until I > >moved to the nether regions of Idaho Falls, Idaho > (cold), just South of > >Butte, Montana (frickin' cold) and just East of > Jackson Hole, Wy (great > >skiing). Anyway, my impression was that Sorel's > were Canadian. So I did > >some quick research and found out that Sorel's were > founded indeed by a > >Canadian Company and was only recently aquired by > Columbia Sports (which is > >indeed a Portland Company). So I am wondering if > US made Sorel's are really > >US made or if they are made in the US owned > Mariana's Islands (read slave > >labor from Indonesia) as were (and maybe still are) > US MADE manufactured > >goods sold in Nordstrom's (based on an expose in > the Seattle Weekly). > > > >Marna > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Dress up your holiday email, Hollywood style. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
