Hi All We’ve just got this email from Henri, in India. She’s visiting our cotton growers and manufacturers. During the trip they have popped in to the Orphanage that we are helping to support. We thought that we’d share it. “Hello… We’ve just literally come back in from the orphanage – it was amazing! we’re [...]
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Shooting for frugi In India By Adam Gibbard Photography Preparations are now underway for a pretty amazing job. I’m off to India next week with the frugi team to cover the entire production process of Organic children’s clothing. Were starting on the farm were the cotton grows (i’m quite worried about the tigers) [...]
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Ok, stay with me. This is related to organic cotton clothes and all things Frugi…honest. BUT I had the most amazing bacon sandwich this morning. It was made with local, organically produced, bacon, organic bread baked here at Gear Farm, and topped with one of the Frugi chicken’s organic eggs. Quality ingredients assembled with [...]
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Tags: Baby Clothes, girls clothes, organic baby clothes
It’s a tricky thing, this being green and environmentally friendly. On a day-to-day level we can all turn off light bulbs, use Eco-friendly washing powder and washable nappies or Eco-disposable nappies on our babies. Clothes, however, seem to be a slightly different matter. You see, when it comes to buying clothes we are torn by [...]
Posted in Cloth Nappies, Cut4Cloth, Ethical Clothing, Green, Black and White, Organic Cotton, Planet Frugi
Tags: Baby Clothes, Frugi, organic, organic baby clothes, organic clothing, organic cotton clothes
Sorry about this – Alex has got me started and now I can’t stop… Ever heard tell of the Princess With twenty mattresses, no less? She couldn’t get to sleep, you see Because of that annoying pea. She tossed and turned all through the night Now to the left, now to the right. She counted [...]
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Tags: Frugi, frugi poems, Organic Cotton, princess and pea
Last night’s Panorama and all the recent news following the use of child labour & Primark, has caused a bit of a stir. Kurt got a bit tearful reading the article in The Guardian, and our Frugi Crusaders have been discussing it. So I thought we should bring it to the forefront of our blog…. [...]
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I came across a great little blog posting toady entitled Authenticity and reality and intention It made me think quite a bit about running a business in an open and honest manner. There seems to be a great deal of “Greenwash” out there, which is confusing for all. (A synic would say that perhaps it’s [...]
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by Diana E - Frugi Customer & Crusader So I meet a lot of Mums in my weekly whirlwind of toddler groups and baby classes and I love chatting to them about “what being a parent is like nowadays”. Worries revolve around the things we “should” be doing as caring parents, baby massage/swimming/signing…! The list is endless [...]
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Tags: eco, green, organic
Pistachio, pea or bottle? by Alex C – Frugi Customer & Crusader Let’s start with a confession. I’m pseudo-green. I may have a green veneer, and my friends think I’m British Racing, but underneath it all, I’m what Dulux might call ‘Hint of Apple’. Oh, I use cloth nappies. I grow a lot of my [...]
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Tags: Being Green, eco-friendly, organic clothing