Heritage Breed Gifts for the Holidays
Stuck on what to get a loved one for an upcoming holiday or their birthday? We’ve compiled a few heritage breed gift ideas from members of the Livestock Conservancy and items from our store that they’ll be sure to love!
Belted Galloway Beef Sampler Box, Burger Box and More
Crown H Cattle Company’s Belted Galloway cattle are raised naturally and finished on their California ranch. Shop tasty offerings or pick up a great Belted Galloway California T-shirt as a gift or for yourself!
Crown H Cattle Co., Etna, California
Gift Memberships and Donations
Give a gift that makes a difference: a gift membership or donation to The Livestock Conservancy. Memberships start at just $4 per month and aid the Conservancy in efforts to save endangered agricultural livestock and poultry. Gift memberships include a range of benefits including our popular 20+ page quarterly Newsletter!
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Hand-knit Santa Cruz hats & toys, Navajo-Churro and Shetland Yarn, Roving and More
Stewarding a ranch-raised and humanely-sheared flock, you can find roving and yarn from Santa Cruz, Navajo-Churro, and Shetland sheep. Fiber providers for The Livestock Conservancy’s Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em initiative, Blue Oak Canyon Ranch also has beautiful knitted beanies and adorable knitted owl toys.
Blue Oak Canyon Ranch, San Miguel, California
Goat Milk Soap and San Clemente Island Goat Products
EB Ranch Farmstead creates artisan handcrafted goat milk soap and other body products, using milk exclusively from the Critically endangered San Clemente Island goat breed. These soaps and body products make wonderful gifts, including monthly soap subscriptions and gift boxes. All soap labels showcase the San Clemente Island goats at the farmstead, as well as providing small bits of information about the breed.
EB Ranch Farmstead, Ridgeland, Wisconsin
Heritage Breed Books & Resources
Show gift recipients your support for the efforts of The Livestock Conservancy in promoting and preserving heritage breeds while helping them learn more about these great animals. The Conservancy has a wide range of books on raising heritage breeds, conservation breeding, building animal housing and more!
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Leicester Longwool Dryer Balls
These handmade dryer balls reduce drying time and allow you to eliminate dryer sheets while reducing static. A great way to support this rare heritage breed sheep, save money and help the environment. Happy Heritage Farm is a small Maryland homestead that strives to provide handmade natural farm products as well as education on heritage breed animals and homesteading.
Happy Heritage Farm, Abingdon, Maryland
Online Courses through Teachable
The perfect gift for learners on your list. Chose from online learning modules on Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em wool and fiber challenges to marketing lessons and even courses on Equine science and our popular “Cultivating Leadership” training series for members of breed associations.
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Lincoln Wool Felted Christmas Stockings and More
Perfect for filling with gifts (or coal if necessary), these felted stockings are ready to be hung by the chimney with care. They are made with 100% Lincoln wool, including both the felt and the needle-felted locks. Curly Goose Farm also offers Lincoln, Karakul and Leicester Longwool roving and yarn as part of The Livestock Conservancy’s Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em program.
Curly Goose Farm, Bath, Pennsylvania
Heritage Breed Gifts, Clothing and More
Show your support for heritage breeds with clothing, phone cases and more featuring your favorite animals. Imperial Farms is a small farm raising heritage breed livestock and poultry from the Conservation Priority List. Most of the products feature images of animals from the farm and proceeds go toward participation in festivals and conferences where the owners promote their breeds.
Imperial Farms, Bartow, Georgia
Fleece, Rovings, and Gifts
From participant and provider for The Livestock Conservancy’s Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em program, Hopping Acres offers rare breed roving, wool locks and one of a kind Christmas gifts including needle felted wool Christmas donkeys and Santas.
Hopping Acres, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em Passport
A Shave ‘EM to Save ‘Em Passport is the a perfect way to introduce fiber artists to new wools for their projects – some with unique characteristics – and helps to save endangered breeds of sheep at the same time. For each project, artists earn a “stamp” for their passport and the more “stamps” they collect the more prizes they earn.
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Dyed Gulf Coast Sheep Yarns and Roving, Cotswold Roving and Dyed wreaths
The Ornery Shepherd, LLC is a small family farm in the hills of north Georgia. We feature rare-breed heritage Gulf Coast sheep, farm-raised wool & yarns, and lots of other fun stuff for fiber folks.
The Ornery Shepherd, Gainesville, Georgia
Branded Clothing and Gifts
Showcase support for Heritage Breeds with clothing and other items featuring The Livestock Conservancy’s logo or some of their favorite species. Our online store features a wide range of clothing in both adult and children’s sizes, as well as tote bags, hats and more.
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Woven Wool Throws
Stratton Hall 1794 LLC is a small farm located in southern New Jersey. It is home to Dorset Horn, Jacob and Leicester Longwool sheep, Dominique chickens and Indian Runner ducks. For 2023, the farm is offering a Dorset Horn woven wool throw, a Jacob woven wool horn as well as sheepskins and more.
Stratton Hall 1794 LLC, Woolwich, Township, New Jersey
Gulf Coast Sheep’s Wool Bracelets
These Beautifully simple bracelets are made from 100% Gulf Coast Sheep’s wool that was washed, dried, carded, spun, plied and tied by hand here at Tick Creek Farm, LLC. They are available in the wool’s natural cream color or dyed in an array of other stunning colors on our Etsy shop along with a few other Gulf Coast Sheep products. Tick Creek Farm, LLC is a small farm in Sumrall, Mississippi that focuses on raising Gulf Coast Sheep and producing Gulf Coast Sheep products and fiber-related tools.
Tick Creek Farm LLC, Sumrall, Mississippi
Suffolk Punch-harvested Wood Products
Haulin’ Hoof Farm Store, a small, farm-based business in southeastern Ohio, breeds and works Suffolk Punch draft horses. Utilizing horsepower allows the family business to access trees with little disruption to the forest floor. Prioritizing the removal of trees that are dead or dying allows them to turn nature’s waste materials inot beautiful and sustainable product. The store carries an array of wood items made from the fruits of the labor of their wonderful Suffolks.
Haulin’ Hoof Farm Store, New Marshfield, Ohio
