ladypirate
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Is anyone else doing this?
We really try not to buy anything made in China, especially since the whole "lead paint" scare a few months ago. Before that we would make an effort, but if it didn''t say where it was from, we wouldn''t do too much research. Now that we''ve really started making a conscious effort to find out where the things we buy come from, it is SHOCKING how hard it is to find things made elsewhere. Sometimes it''s surprising how hard it is to even find out where things are made at all.
If anyone else does this, do you have any tips on companies that don''t outsource? We''ve found that even the big US names (like All Clad) still outsource some of their items while keeping the prices really high because of the brand name.
I heard about that book "A Year Without ''Made In China''" on NPR, but haven''t read it yet. It certainly sounds interesting, and from what we''ve found I''m impressed that they managed to do it.
Anyhow, just throwing this out there to see if anyone else had an interest in it.
We really try not to buy anything made in China, especially since the whole "lead paint" scare a few months ago. Before that we would make an effort, but if it didn''t say where it was from, we wouldn''t do too much research. Now that we''ve really started making a conscious effort to find out where the things we buy come from, it is SHOCKING how hard it is to find things made elsewhere. Sometimes it''s surprising how hard it is to even find out where things are made at all.
If anyone else does this, do you have any tips on companies that don''t outsource? We''ve found that even the big US names (like All Clad) still outsource some of their items while keeping the prices really high because of the brand name.

I heard about that book "A Year Without ''Made In China''" on NPR, but haven''t read it yet. It certainly sounds interesting, and from what we''ve found I''m impressed that they managed to do it.
Anyhow, just throwing this out there to see if anyone else had an interest in it.