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FROM THE EDITOR KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW n APRIL 2018 n www.kitchenwarenews.com Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, AZ and additional mailing office. Kitchenware News & Housewares Review (USPS012-625) is published 12 times per year (Jan., Feb., March, April, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec.) by Oser Communications Group, 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ, 85715 520.721.1300. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material or prices quoted in newspaper. Contributors are responsible for proper release of proprietary classified information. ©2018 by Oser Communications Group. All rightsreserved Reproduction, in whole or in part, without written permission of the publisher, is expressly prohibited. Back issues, when available, cost $8 each within the past 12 months. Back issue orders must be paid in advance by check. Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is distributed without charge in North America to qualified professionals in the retail and distribution channels of the upscale kitchenware and tabletop trade. For subscriber services, including subscription information, call 520.721.1300. Printed in the USA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Kitchenware News & Housewares Review, 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715. PUBLISHER Kimberly Oser SR. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jules Denton-Card jules_d@oser.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com EDITOR Micah Cheek micah_c@oser.com SR. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Robin Mather robin_m@oser.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Greg Gonzales greg_g@oser.com ART DIRECTOR Yasmine Brown GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jonathan Schieffer CUSTOMER SERVICE Caitlyn McGrath MANAGERS caitlyn_m@oser.com Susan Stein susan_s@oser.com CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Tara Neal CIRCULATION MANAGER Jamie Green jamie_g@oser.com Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is a publication of Oser Communications Group Inc. 1877 N. Kolb Road • Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300 www.kitchenwarenews.com www.oser.com FOUNDER Lee M. Oser OSER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP editor from the Greetings! Like most of you, I imagine, I've been reflecting recently on the meaning of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and what it says about us that our children have now decided that they need to take matters into their own hands to demand change. I'm glad to see that they're capable and articulate and caring and powerful. Now that the children in this new generation are learning to use their voice to direct change, they're likely to start taking a look around them at all the other ways we've failed to live up to their expectations. We need to be ready with some answers for their concerns. Fortunately, many of us are already working hard on the problem of how we're going to make a better world for those young people to grow up in. One of the pleasures of this job is the opportunity to tell the stories of the many of us who are using their businesses as a tool for doing good in the world as well as to generate the profits that are the lifeblood that allows them to continue doing good. In times like these, when there is so much troubling news in the world, it's useful and consoling to be able to focus sometimes on the real good that's also happening. That's why in this month's issue of Gourmet News, you can read about Northern Wind, which is a Fair Trade-certified provider of scallops that's generating funds to help in New England's fishing communities, and in Kitchenware News, you can read about Le Souk Céramique, which is bringing Fair Trade to Tunisian pottery artisans. These stories reflect our ongoing commitment to celebrating the good we see in the world. We're glad that our readers are letting us know that you enjoy this kind of meaningful reporting, and we hope that we're also giving you some of the answers that you need, so that you have some answers for the kinds of questions that your customers are asking. We certainly don't have the answers for every problem in the world – I don't have a clue about what's really going to solve the problem of violence in our schools, for instance. But though thoughts and prayers aren't enough, I believe that it can only help to be thinking and talking about how we're going to make the world a better place for those kids and others like them to grow up in. KN Lorrie Baumann, Editorial Director 4 KITCHENWARE NEWS & Housewares Review