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I started my first blog when I entered the Peace Corps in 2013, thinking it would be the perfect way to keep my friends and family up to date on what I was doing, and what I was seeing. My...

How did Divine Chocolate get its start, and what makes your way of doing business unique? Divine Chocolate started with a group of Ghanaian farmers who wanted to create a fair and efficient way of selling cocoa beans that would...

Jennifer Botto is the founder and perfumer for Thorn & Bloom Perfume. She has received a diploma from Anya McCoy's Natural Perfumery Course at the Natural Perfumery Institute, and she is a Certified Natural Perfumer with the Natural Perfumers Guild. Learn more at www.thorn-and-bloom.com and find them...

Nejib Bel Hadj is a 29-year-old Tunisian artisan and textile designer based in Mahdia. He is the founder of Tilli Tanit, an organization that connects artisans in Tunisia to the global market. His mother is an embroider and it was her and the other women in his family who inspired him to learn embroidery. Nejib also learned farming from his father. This experience gave him the chance to appreciate the relationship between nature and humans - a relationship that is clearly revealed in traditional clothing. When he was young, his most influential courses (for design and artisinal and technical skills) were the scouts and school trips that enabled him to discover the different sides of Tunisia and the customs and clothing differing from region to region.

Alak Vasa, co-founder of Elements Truffles on the importance of meditation, chocolate that's actually good for you, and how she quit her job as a trader at Goldman Sachs to pursue her dream of creating a company that gives back. Find Elements Truffles in our True Moringa Valentine's Day Gift Box.

We're thrilled to partner with Global Mamas this fall for our Autumn Beauty Box - and perhaps even more thrilled that each product in the box this month was made in Ghana and powered by True Moringa oil! We sat down with Renae Adam, co-founder of Global Mamas, to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of their Global Beauty Butter production, and to hear how they use True Moringa oil and other unique natural ingredients to create true social change and blissfully delicious skincare treats