Our Suppliers

So many fab things!
We're gradually getting more stuff onto the website, but some of the suppliers below are only represented in the shop at the moment.

As well as all the ones listed separately below, we must mention Babygod (men's organic cotton t-shirts), BioSelect (organic olive oil based bodycare products), Choc Affair (a York-based handmade & fairtrade chocolate company), Divine (the fairtrade chocolate company co-owned by the cocoa farmers), Green Belt (a Manchester designer making belts from old bike tyres and charity shop buckles), Just Coffee People (a Leeds-based social enterprise selling fairtrade coffee), Larenim mineral make-up, Montezuma (fantastic organic chocolate in amazing flavours), Union Coffee Roasters (can you guess?), Manchester designers Julie C and Lucky Ewe. And then there are all these...

Ascension
Based in the High Peak in Derbyshire, these guys are producing organic cotton jeans (cotton from India, manufacture in Bulgaria) and supporting social projects in India.
www.ascensionclothing.co.uk

BAM
Exploring the amazing potential of bamboo (a fast-growing, sustainable, pesticide-free source of fibre with anti-bacterial and wicking properties, using bamboo fibre from China and manufacturing in a Syrian factory with excellent working conditions. www.bambooclothing.co.uk

Boweevil
This Dutch company was set up in the 80s to promote organic cotton and fairtrade. They work with projects in Turkey, India and in some African countries to supply cotton for their own manufacturing and for other companies. www.boweevil.nl

Braintree Hemp
An Australian company making stylish hemp, bamboo and organic cotton clothing. www.braintreehemp.co.uk

Cut4Cloth
A great kids' clothing company, making organic cotton clothes cut to fit real nappies (hence the name!) and lovely people to boot. www.cut4cloth.co.uk

Doy Bags
A women's cooperative in the Philippines which makes fantastic bags and accessories from old juice and sauce cartons, so they don't end up in landfill. www.doybags.com

Ecolution
Clothing, bags, belts, wallets and hats made from fabulously eco-friendly hemp, grown and manufactured in Romania. www.ecolution.com

Epona
Producers of sweatshop-free, fairtrade certified cotton casualwear, using cotton from Indian farms in transition to organic certification. The clothes are also manufactured in India. www.eponasport.com

Fairdeal Trading
Produce fairtrade certified footballs, football kits and other sports balls in Pakistan, as well as Ethletic brand shoes. They have recently started using Sri Lankan rubber, which is certified from a sustainable source by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and for which they pay a fairtrade premium to the rubber tappers. www.fairdealtrading.com

Fairwear
This Australian campaigning group promote better conditions for workers in the Australian garment industry. We like their Slavery design but rather than having t-shirts shipped half way round the world from Australia, we print them up here and give them a donation towards the campaign for every one we sell. www.fairwear.org.au

Gossypium
Fairtrade and organic pioneers, these guys helped establish the Agrocel brand of fairly-traded, organic cotton, which is grown by small-scale farmers in India, then made up into garments in a small factory in the south of the country. www.gossypium.co.uk

Hug
Hug uses fairtrade-certified cotton and ethical working practices to produce adults' clothing in Peru and kids' clothing in Egypt. We like them! www.hug.co.uk

Ideal Trading
The UK importer of No Sweat shoes and boots, which are made by unionised workers in Indonesia; not organic but sweatshop-free and vegan! www.idealtrading.co.uk and www.nosweatapparel.com

Ipsuis
Ipsuis are working with a factory in Nepal, where their clothes are manufactured under decent conditions of pay and health and safety. The clothes are not currently made from organic cotton.
www.ipsuis.com

Ketchup
A Leeds designer making fab one-off jackets and dresses from organic or recycled fabrics and old curtains. We love them!. www.ketchupclothes.com

KitnKabu
Our very own in-house design brand, a collective of designers whose images we put on t-shirts and hoodies. Our sister website is coming soon. www.kitnkabu.com

Lanka Kade
A fairtrade importer of toys made by small scale craft producers in Sri Lanka. www.lankakade.co.uk

Lavera
A German cosmetics and bodycare company which uses all organic and natural ingredients to ensure the best benefit to your skin from all their products. www.lavera.co.uk

Namaste
A Skipton-based company importing fairly traded clothes and accessories from India and Nepal. www.namaste-uk.com

OneLess
Fold-away shopping bags made in Rochdale from old saris - brilliant! www.oneless.krata.co.uk

PeopleTree
One of the best-known fairtrade brands in the UK, producing a range of modern clobber for women and men. www.peopletree.co.uk

Piccalilly
Organic and fairtrade certified Indian cotton baby clothes from a new company in Settle, North Yorkshire. www.piccalilly.co.uk

SAF
Organic cotton t-shirts, made under fair conditions in India and certified by the Soil Association. www.saftag.co.uk

Seasalt
The first organic clothing range certified by the Soil Association. Seasalt's cotton is grown in Turkey and the clothes are manufactured in a well-run factory in Izmir on the Turkish west coast, (where I used to live!). www.seasaltcornwall.co.uk

Tatty Bumpkin
Organic cotton and bamboo kids' clothes, for lazing about, exercising and looking cute! www.tattybumpkin.co.uk

THTC
The Hemp Trading Company make clothes from a mix of hemp, grown organically on small family farms in north eastern China and organic cotton grown in Turkey. The clothes are manufactured in China, in a small factory with excellent health and safety standards and fair working practices. www.thtc.co.uk

Tierra Canela
Leeds-based importers of fairtrade accessories from South America and Asia. And they're our mates! www.tierracanela.com

Worn Again
Funky shoes made from recycled rubber, leather, army jackets, parachute silk, t-shirts... www.wornagain.co.uk

Zapp
A Manchester designer, using reclaimed and second-hand garments to create unique new clothes. The whacky edge of our collection, available in the shop... www.azapp.de

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