brain fog !

D'oh !

no wonder i couldn't find
information about my local shop that sells
"fairly traded handicrafts from around the world". !
i was looking for 1000 villages.

Math & numbers were never my thing.

it's really TEN thousand villages.
here's the listing for Quebec
stores of 10000 villages/ten thousand villages.

Happy shopping.
they also sell fair trade coffee, tea and sugar....

Montreal

Dix Mille Villages 5674 Monkland Avenue

"Ten Thousand Villages provides vital,
fair income to Third World people by marketing
their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America.

Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans
who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed,
providing sustainable income through fair trade.
This income helps pay for food, education,
health care and housing. Thousands of volunteers
in Canada and the United States work with
Ten Thousand Villages in their home communities."