Hi Keith, Philip, and other list members, I am going to take this further. Perhaps I will look at America, and Canada, for starters. I am mostly interested in things like hand tools, clothing (kids school clothes, men's and women's active wear, work clothes, undergarments, etc.) lawn and garden items, etc. Already reads like a Wal-mart isle, doesn't it?
I want to see my family's need's sourced as close to home as possible because that makes the most sense. It makes sense financially. It makes sense environmentally. It makes sense strategically. It makes sense tactically. Would I cross a national border to purchase an item simply because it can be had for less money over "there"? For lower price alone, absolutely not. For better quality. For a better value. These last two I would consider, yes. AntiFossil Mike Krafka Minnesota USA ********************************************************* "If you think you are too small to make a difference try sleeping with a mosquito." Dalai Lama ********************************************************* "The difference between truth and fiction is that fiction must make sense or nobody will believe it." Mark Twain ********************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:09 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Sorel Boots > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
