Ethnic Lanna is a certified registered company in Thailand, which first started in 2009 when I first met Wichai, a Hmong artisan in the local Hmong market in Chiang Mai. I immediately fell in love with the product his village produces and with him as a person. We have become great friends over the years, recently going on discovery trips together to Laos and China. He inspires me to be a better person and him and his people keep me motivated to make Ethnic Lanna the best Fair Trade company in Thailand. We started with just myself and my first employee Em 4 years ago and now we are 20 strong in our new office located in the city center of Chiang Mai (we invite you to come visit our showroom) which is ran by my partner since 2 years ago Tomi from Finland. Our manufacturing operation has also improved dramatically over these years and it will continue to do so, now hiring over 30 staff. We also work very closely with over 30 artisans in the North of Thailand and strive to adhere by the principles of fair trade on a daily basis. The goals for 2014 are to open an office in Mexico and start helping the indigenous communities in my home country as well as starting to work more closely with the Hmong hill tribes of Yunnan in China.