Mar 18, 2014

MainStrasse Shop Supports Fair Trade Practices for Global ChangeBy Amber HemmerleCityBeat.com

Few concerts inspire people to change the world. They might inspire you to drink another beer or grind ferociously on some guy in a flannel shirt, but to actually change the world? Remarkably, that’s what happened to Reegan Hill, owner of Covington’s It’s Only Fair, a gift shop specializing in fair-trade jewelry, clothing, accessories and other ethically sourced items.

Up until six years ago, Hill and her daughters had never heard of fair-trade products. It wasn’t until the end of a David Crowder concert at Bogart’s, when he encouraged audience members to send fair-trade Christmas gifts, that her curiosity was sparked.

“It was some of the things he shared that night that propelled me onto this journey,” Hill says. “When I started to go to the websites he recommended, one of the things I kept seeing was products made by women who were survivors of human trafficking…I reached the point that I knew that I had to do something.”

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