Big Business is taking up too much space in the market place. I know I would much rather buy from local craftsmen who I can meet and do business with. So I am hoping that on this page we can begin to find and support the shop keepers our little corner of the store. To invigorate our own economy we need to spend our money within that economy. And to keep the Fellowship alive and healthy we need to support each others endeavours. Help keep each other afloat.
So tell us about your small business. Or a small locally owned business you recommend. Let’s begin networking. Let’s work together as a team. Like a little internet village.
Leave a link here to your shop or website. Let the Fellowship of the Farmy know where you are and what you are offering and how to find you on the internet.
The comments section on this page will become a list of locations to shop. Our own small network.
Lots of love,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
47 responses to “Buy Local”
I’d like to recommend a small local producer of clean, ethically raised, grass-fed meat and eggs near Mackay, North Queensland, Australia. They’re called Freckle Farm, and you can find them here: http://frecklefarm.com.au
Hi, I am rather inconveniently located in Milan, Italy but what I do gets sent digitally to my clients wherever they may be. What I do is both big/global and small/cottage. I have done advertising and design for years. Everything from little logos to biggish TV campaigns/spots. If you need help with some small design project — a logo, a small-size web ad, a reco for a blog header — perhaps we could work something out. This is all new to me, but it sounds really fun. http://charlotte-moore.net
Hi, I looked up your site and it’s great! If I ever need a job done, you’re first on my list😊
Georgia Gardenlady – Hillside Gardens, NE Georgia, Permaculture demonstration garden and internship program with classes in all aspects of organic permaculture gardening, soil enhancement, herbs, vegetables, food forest, companion ‘guilds’, self-reliant living. We’re also Mothers School of Self-Reliance which includes the classes and internship program. We also offer Kombucha Tea kits for DIY health, organically grown herbs in small quantities, teas and home remedies. Soon to publish some books on hillside gardening, 1700’s medicine, the immune system and growing an herb garden. Certified Permaculture Designer. Artist, researcher, author, speaker. Blogsite: thegardenladyofga.wordpress.com FB Page: Georgia Dirks Celia – thank you for this opportunity, you are a genius and a very sweet being.
Hi Georgia ! I just followed your blog. I’m a terrible gardener but very interested in permaculture and growing some of our food, so hoping to learn some stuff from you🌷
Diann Dirks, fiber artist. Hats, scarves, felted hot pads (for camp fire cooking), drop spindles made by my friend Chilton Ng wood turner, drop spindle classes, knitting, crocheting and weaving and sewing classes upon request, NE Georgia at Hillside Gardens. FB Georgia Dirks Blog: thegardenladyofga.wordpress.com
I’m a Minnesotan who makes statement necklaces harkening back to the age of over-the-top glamour—Miriam Haskell, Stanley Hagler, etc. I use many vintage beads and components, and make only about 25 one-of-a-kind pieces a year as a hobby. They’re ornate, complex, and often, glittery, wearable artworks. Take a peek at my Etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/gemnorde
(Thanks Celi, for creating this page.)
grace Forrest, 70 years on this Planet, living with a large dog, small cat, 17 Goats, lizards, crows, insects and plant people in rural New Mexico where i create hand stitched cloth collages from recycled textiles often dyed with local plant materials. Small blog shop helps with Goat feed. Blog daily, whatever the day brings. windthread.typepad.com
My wife, Gosia, makes soaps and loves to have new customers form around the world. Based in Poland we built a straw able house and run a small farm, living a simple life away from the rat race and trying to leave as small a footprint as possible.
http://www.winkos.co.uk or http://www.zielonakoza.pl if you read Polish or even https://winkos.wordpress.com/soaps-autumn-2016/ provides information on our all natural soaps.
I’m Robin and live in California. My farm is Meridian Jacobs (raising Jacob sheep on Meridian Rd.) I also teach weaving and spinning classes and weave for sale (including custom blankets from YOUR yarn). I sell Jacob fiber, yarn, lambskins and horn buttons from the farm and my website. I also have grassfed lambs available in the summer and fall. I started a Farm Club in which members work together helping me on the farm, learning about sheep, and developing a strong community of fiber/sheep lovers and friends. It’s all on my website:
http://www.meridianjacobs.com
I also have a blog and so does my Border Collie, Rusty, who has a different perspective of what happens on the farm. They are:
https://meridianjacobs.wordpress.com and https://meridianrusty.wordpress.com
Thanks, Celi, for giving us this opportunity to share.
I am an avid crocheter. I make baby blankets, fingerless mitts, hats, scarves, shawls, stuffed critters (even an octopus!). I also make quilts for babies. I live in the central Texas area (USA). At the moment, I have a day job, but will be retiring in June. Small project requests are welcome until then, i.e. Nothing king sized..ha. Contact: cathollerquilts@gmail.com We have cats, two, hence the cat holler. I have visited the farmy and it is just like the pictures, hard work, good food, and well loved animals.
I bake gluten free goodies for local coffee shops, and make larger cakes for birthdays and teas. I’m based in northern Queensland, Australia. I don’t think I’d be able to send my products too far and wide due to perishability and transportation restrictions, but I’m happy to share recipes if anyone needs to make something gluten free for an event. Oh, and I make quilts, mostly given to friends and family, but I do take commissions if you want something special.
While I make a lot of stuff I’m afraid turning it into a business might take the fun out of it – haha. However if you’re in the east central Wisconsin Jenni Curtin at swissfraufarmproductsllc.com makes the most wonderful goat milk soap and Clete & Karen Kirschbaum at http://www.kfamilyfarm.com/ have the most delicious grass fed beef, pork and chicken.
I am an artist who loves to draw feathers, shells, trees and all sorts of other natural things that take my fancy. I work with different materials ~ pen, pencil, coloured pencils and watercolour. My works are mostly originals on paper of either A5 or A4 size, so I can send them anywhere. I think I am going to start to create some small artist books with drawings of trees or shells or succulents or seedpods. What would you think about those? I sell my work on Etsy at AnneLawsonArt https://www.etsy.com/shop/annelawsonart
Thanks Celi xx
Your work is beautiful Anne.
I think you need to update this, Anne, and explain about sewing drawings, because they are very original 😊
How is your Art, Anne. We are migrating the blog across to a more robust platform and I would love to know how your work is going! I am determined not to leave anyone behind!
Hi, I’m Rubi, I sell modular homes in Eastern Ontario Canada. http://www.frontenacmodularhomes.com. It is really nice to see what you all do.
Thanks Celi
Hi Rubi, Popping in to see if you still sell modular homes?
Nice group here so far! Nina Ruit of Ruit Farm North, blog at http://ruitfarm.wordpress.com, webpage is being rebuilt, but it’s at http://ruitfarm.com
I used to raise Coopworth and Coopworth/Border Leicester sheep and still have much beautiful roving for spinners and yarn for knitters and weavers, mostly natural browns, greys and whites for sale. I concentrate on my dairy goats now, and am building a Golden Guernsey herd, hoping to sell some breeding stock in the future. I am not legal to sell cheese and milk, although I make quite a bit of it! But I make goat milk soaps and love selling those, as I make too many for us to use, even in a year. I weave, spin, felt and quilt as well, but mostly that is for myself or friends and family. I am not up to doing any serious selling on that front yet, and perhaps not at all, but you never know where things will go! Thanks for putting together this page, Celi!
While not farming I do have photos of abandoned barns 🙂 I’m a photographer in mid Ohio with an Etsy store where I sell my fine art prints. Currently I’m only selling to those in the USA but if someone really wanted a print I am sure we could work out something – http://www.etsy.com/shop/imagesbytdashfield
Hi Miss T, I am going through our people here on The Cottage Industries Page before I migrate the blog to a more robust website. How is it going over there? Are you still selling prints? c