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What Does it Mean to Impact Community?
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What Does it Mean to Impact Community?

Community. At TORRAIN, this word holds a powerful message. When I moved to Portland from San Diego, I barely knew anyone but I was immediately welcomed into this city with open arms.
Defending Your Turf
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Defending Your Turf

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair ~ Kahlil Gibran What does TORRAIN’s tagline, Defend Your Turf, mean?
Handle Your Summer with TORRAIN!
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Handle Your Summer with TORRAIN!

To put it simply, summer seems to be the easiest time of year ~ light clothes, light meals, light attitudes!
How Do You Respect Our Environment? A Challenge.
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How Do You Respect Our Environment? A Challenge.

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones ~ John Maynard Keynes In this day and age our world is rapidly changing right before our eyes. Climate change...
TORRAIN is featured on Women's LifeStyle!
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TORRAIN is featured on Women's LifeStyle!

I'm excited that TORRAIN was recently featured in a post for Women's LifeStyle, "Your Eco-Purse-onality"!
TORRAIN Recycled Bags: Travel, Explore and Experience
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Travel. Explore. Experience.

Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.   ~ Mark Twain I am blessed and grateful to have grown up with parents...
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Recent Trade Shows: A Review

What a raging month of hustling! We exhibited at two shows in February: (1) The POOLTRADESHOW in Las Vegas, Nevada, and (2) The San Francisco International Gift Fair (SFIGF). We are still catching up! Both shows...
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Press Release: The Conscious "It" Clutch!

At TORRAIN, global consciousness and modern design principles unite in every one of their meticulously sewn designs. By upcycling feed bags, magazines, and even cement bags, they're saving energy, reducing the amount of pollutants in...
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A Letter from Me to You

Hi Turf Defender :) It's happening, 2014 is coming to an end. I've found that years don't seem to turn out how I anticipate them in the beginning but looking back they always prove to be...