Paper Trails - Organic paper products by Acorn Designs - Brief Article

E: The Environmental Magazine, Sept, 2000 by H.Y.

A healthier alternative to Hallmark, Acorn Designs offers a variety of organic paper products including journals, stationery and cards. The company, founded by an ecologist-turned-artist, is one of the first and only to use 100 percent kenaf in its papers. An environmentally friendly fiber alternative, kenaf plants produce up to five times more high-quality fiber per year than a tree.

All of Acorn's products are decorated with a variety of elegant nature designs, in vegetable-based inks. Bookmarks cost only 50 cents, while a pack of six notecards is $6, and a journal, $12. CONTACT: Acorn Designs, 5066 Mott Evans Road, Trumansburg, NY 14886/(607)387-3424.