Small Town America

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Ramblers Way. All opinions are 100% mine.

I know that all of you don’t live in a small town, much less on a farm like I do.

Growing up my dad was a corn farmer. I was so proud of him! I remember my mom picking up Marshall Durbin chicken while we were in town, because those chickens were fed by my dad.

The was passed on to my cousins, who are still corn farmers and sell their corn to Marshal Durbin. We still stay on the lookout for “our brand” of chicken in the stores too. I can’t wait to get some good pics of my cousins and the boys when its harvest time…not very long from now.

One of the other local crops here in the south is cotton. There are a lot of 100% cotton shirts around here, and like the chicken we have for Sunday dinner, we are mighty proud that that part of that shirt could have come from our very soil.

Why am I telling you all of this? Well, do you know the brand Tom’s of Maine? When I think of it, I think of toothpaste. Well anyways, these guys also bring us Rambler’s Way clothing.

Rambler’s Way specializes in wool clothing.

Um yeah, its been 100+ here this week, I know but bare with me…ok?! There are a lot of days I wish that I was wearing wool, because of the wicking properties it naturally possesses verses the 100 % cotton t-shirts I have on most of the time. But today isn’t the time for a lesson on wool.

The Company sources, grows, and produces their fine woolen apparel using 100% domestic resources. They have brought manufacturing facilities into distressed small towns and are helping to revitalize the communities. Now that ladies and gentlemen, is a cool thing!

Here in our area, we’ve had one building that housed 2 separate very huge corporations close twice (one this year) in the last 15 years. Both of these companies were textile companies, and my husband and I both have family that lost their jobs not once but twice because of the companies either outsourcing their work to other countries (ie 3rd world sweat shops) or to some of the largest cities in the country.

It’s put a huge damper on our economy to say the least. 2 major blows in 15 years for a community this size, is huge! The local economy has really tail-spinned for the last 15 years, and its really sad.

For a company like Rambler’s Way to be doing what they are doing is just amazing. Small Town America may actually have a chance!

When you think about buying something that says” Made in America,” do you really think about the families that you are helping to feed in Small Town America? If you don’t I hope that you do now!