Learn more about one of our brands: Seeds & Stories!
Seeds & Stories seeks to empower rural women through regenerative fashion.
In 2018, the founder, Margarida came across the town of Bigodi in Uganda and learned about the traditional basket weaving practices of the local women artisans. Over the next few years, she learned about the economic and social issues within the community that affected the women, and worked with local community leaders on identifying ways to help the local women and community as a whole develop their economy and find income sources outside of tourism that worked in harmony with nature.
Seeds and Stories is currently focused on developing quality hand-made products that support the livelihoods of women artisans in Bigodi, as well as new training programs that provide skills and environmental knowledge to the broader community.
Seeds & Stories artisans use local raw materials such as palm leaf, millet straws, papyrus, and banana fibre that have regenerative properties in local ecosystems, namely increasing soil fertility and enhancing biodiversity.
Their long-term objectives are to provide sustainable livelihoods for local women, create greater food security, advance gender equality, and promote environmental regeneration.
See the photos below for some of the local artisans with their products!
