Authenticity, integrity Supporting Greece and the world

We are in the midst of  trying to navigate a new sense of normal for the time being.  For most, its about the virus, but for Greece, its much more.  In addition to fighting this global virus, they are in extreme conflict with Turkey, and regardless of the outcome on either front, there are no real winners.  However, what has emerged amidst all of this, is a renewed sense of community, of caring for others, of supporting those in need.  A reset if you will on human kindness.    The show of support for our local communities, and also a show of support for Greece has been amazingly wonderful.   Made in Greece products and supporting businesses of Greece is more meaningful than ever, to show our support of Greece, its people and its products.   Please be aware, when someone says their products are Made in Greece, you have every right to ask for verification, to insure the authenticity of the statement.  We've talked about the differences in the meaning -  its realistic to assume that some components of products can come from other countries, but we work directly with artists and businesses of Greece who source local products whenever possible, and whose work and talents are still going into every product we sell, who are still making the products themselves, and adding their personal touches.  Especially our jewelry, its purchased only from  individual independent artists of Greece.   We like to connect our customers with the artists making the products via artist profiles on our website and our new expanded collection of artist cards to go with the products....and also make our customers aware of the businesses we are buying from, to be transparent, to show authenticity, and to build trust.   Its unfortunate that some Greek themed businesses in the USA have felt the need to put a blanket statement saying everything is from Greece when its sometimes not.  We have stated over and over that there are beautiful Greek themed products coming from all parts of the world.  There is no reason for a business to ever deceive customers, they should be celebrating their differences from other Greek themed companies, their diversity should be their strength and not masked to try to emulate any other business.  We all work hard to build our businesses and our customer relationships.  Stating "Made in Greece" or noting support for Greece and businesses of Greece should never be a selling ploy, it is something to share because its important to a business and their core values.    The Taste and Art of Greece  business model was built on working only with Greek artists and Greek owned businesses from day one, these relationships are the core, the heart of our company.   Watch our posts, see our videos and photos with the artists and businesses. Check our history - we've only grown in this mission from our beginnings.  We will continue to be transparent and answer our customers honestly.   We are super excited we are at a point of expansion, where we can now include cards about the artists with every applicable order, and are actually graduating to our own shipping boxes whereas we depended on "our village" to help us  with our startup supplies as a small business.