This product comes from Zen-Zen, a Fair Trade Federation member. That means everyone they employ, including their subcontractors, gets a fair living wage and has good working conditions. Their Indonesian employees also have health insurance, a pension plan and organized Friday afternoon sports. Owned and operated by an American woman and her Balinese husband, Zen-Zen utilizes, sustains, supports and promotes traditional, indigenous village handicrafts, so they can be enjoyed by this and future generations. Everything is hand-made by village artisans or in their Balizen in-house, fair trade workshop with the smallest carbon footprint they can manage.