SERRV Bread-Lovers Gift Basket


Item Number: 119

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $68

Online Close: Nov 21, 2020 8:00 PM EST

Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!

Description

This handmade gift basket is from SERRV International, one of the first fair-trade organizations in the world. SERRV works to combat global poverty and to help over 8,000 artisans and farmers every year by selling their beautiful handcrafts.


The Bread-Lovers Gift Basket contains the following:



  • a palm-wrapped, woven Kaisa grass basket (4 in. high x 12 in. wide x 8 in. deep) from Bangladesh

  • a hand-carved, heatable, Tree of Life terra cotta insert to keep bread or rolls toasty warm

  • two 20-inch block-printed napkins featuring a traditional floral print from Kolkata, India

  • a bottle (8.5 fl. oz.) of organic, lemon-infused olive oil made with Surri olives and fresh lemons from the West Bank

  • a bottle (1.4 oz.) of Cape Garden Herbs from the winelands of South Africa that can be used to flavor butter, breads, pasta, dressing, and fish


Each item in the Bread-Lovers Gift Basket provides employment, a fair wage, and social benefits to disadvantaged farmers and artisans around the world.

Donated by

Janet and Jeff Glidden