From Montessori Show & Tell To Suttons Bay's Newest Retail Store: The Story Of Freshwater Trading Company
By Craig Manning | May 27, 2026
It all ends up back in the local watershed.
That’s Julie Miller Lober’s philosophy about the bath and body products most people use on a daily basis. From soaps to shampoos to lotions, Lober says most commercially-made grooming goods are hazardous to the environment – especially in places that happen to be a stone’s throw from the Great Lakes. Her business, Freshwater Trading Company, just opened its first brick-and-mortar location in downtown Suttons Bay, with a simple mission of creating “fresh, all natural products that contain just the essentials, nothing else.”
Once upon a time, Lober says, it wasn’t uncommon for bars of soap to be the product of natural …
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