Cachet Baskets takes the Locavore challenge!

For years we have used local/in-state vendor’s products for our Colorado gift baskets. But we realized there is so much more we can do. It started with the excelsior…the shred that is used as a nest for products in the baskets. We had, for the last 18 years, sourced that excelsior from a gift basket supply place in Florida. Come to find out that it is produced HERE in Colorado….Oy vey. For eighteen years it was shipped to Florida, up charged and shipped back to us. How insane is that? Well just plain un-researched is what it is. I am sharing this experience not to show how goofy we are but to demonstrate how in every way we can ALL do better! By researching everything we consume as a business and seeking out local sources and alternatives we as a community benefit. By year’s end Cachet Basket Co. is working to become a Totally Locally Sustainable Gifting Outlet!
In keeping with this commitment we are excited to announce our association and support of http://www.earthseeds.org/ We have become an Earthseeds Ambassador and SUS bus supporter!

What is a SUS bus? A SUS BUS is a "COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE BUS" that helps educate local populations on sustainable living options and ideas in that community. Visualize it as kind of a "Green Book Mobile." Sponsored by green businesses and eco-friendly groups whose banners and Ads are displayed on the outside of the bus, a SUS BUS is designed to be self-supportive by marketing & advertising revenue generated from business promotions. Inside the bus are a wide ranging collection of positive ideas from local and global non-profits that offer encouraging sustainable concepts for mainstream views. The info is inter-active and entertaining using the best interpretive skills available; laptops, displays, films & video, art, science projects, brochures, questionaires and much much more