MainStrasse Shop Supports Fair Trade Practices for Global Change
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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.”