A market tote probably isn’t something you think twice about, but this one has been designed with something very special behind it.
Launched by
Two Good Co in collaboration with
ALEMAIS, and inspired by a graduate of Two Good’s Work Work employment program,
the Marina-Strone Market Tote connects the act of shopping with the process of cooking and sharing a meal, all while giving back to someone staying in a women’s refuge rebuilding their live after crisis.
A Different Way to Approach the Weekly Shop
A morning at a fresh produce market has its own rhythm, moving between stalls, grabbing a bunch of bright blooms, choosing what’s in season, picking up ingredients you hadn’t planned on buying but instinctively know you’ll use to create something delicious to enjoy solo or with those you love.
For many it can be one of the few moments in the week that invites you to slow down and take some extra pride and joy in choosing the ingredients that will eventually go on your plate and support your health and wellbeing.
The Story Behind Two Good Co and Marina-Strone
For those unfamiliar, Two Good Co is a social enterprise focused on supporting women who have experienced domestic violence, homelessness, and complex trauma.
Through its “buy one, give one” model, every product purchased helps fund meals, employment pathways and support programs for women rebuilding their lives.
This particular collection is grounded in a personal story. Marina, a graduate of Two Good’s Work Work employment program, shared her family’s minestrone recipe, passed down from her mother and created during times when food needed to stretch further, but still bring comfort.
That recipe has since become one of Two Good’s most loved meals, and now forms the foundation of the Marina-Strone collection including the tote. Each one comes filled with a curated selection of ingredients designed to help you create your own version of a Marina-strone at home. With every purchase, a warm Marina-Strone meal is donated to a woman staying in a refuge carrying that same sense of nourishment, care and connection beyond your own kitchen, and 50% of all profits will be put towards “rebuilding the self worth and independence of vulnerable women currently experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness”.
The Marina-Strone Market Tote is available now via Two Good Co’s website as part of a
limited release collection.
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Image source- Two Good Co