It’s time to pick out the perfect holiday gifts! To make shopping easier, expand markets for heritage breed products and to connect shoppers with other members of The Livestock Conservancy, our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide is here.
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.
Gulf Coast Native Wool Ornaments, Trivets, Nesting Balls and More
Baker Farm, Rock Hills, South Carolina
Baker Farm is a first-generation family farm located in Rock Hill, SC. Our passion is heritage-breed, dual-purpose sheep, animals that are as valuable for their wool as they are for their place in sustainable farming. We raise, breed, and show Shetland and Gulf Coast Native Sheep. As a farm we focus on fiber – offering everything from raw fleeces to yarn, as well as products to keep any wool out of landfills, including wool for mulch or nesting balls.
Visit https://bakerfarmsc.square.site/
Suffolk Punch-Harvested Wood Products
Haulin’ Hoof Farm Store, New Marshfield, Ohio
Suffolk Punch horsepower allows this family business to access dead and dying trees with little disruption to the forest floor and begin the process of turning nature’s waste into a variety of wood items, including knitters’ shelves and artisan buttons.
Visit www.haulinhooffarm.com
San Clemente Island Goat Inspired Felt Yule Goats
EB Ranch Farmstead, Ridgeland, Wisconsin
EB Ranch Farmstead has raised SCI goats since 2013. With a shift in focus from running a farm business to conservation breeding and promoting the SCI goat breed. “While some farmstead product offerings have changed, I try to tie everything back to this lovely goat breed,” explains Erin Link. “The handmade Felt Yule goats are a mix of showing off my love for the SCI goat breed, as well as my own Norwegian heritage.”
Visit www.ebranchfarmstead.com
Java Chicken Original Note Cards and Watercolor Prints
High Ground Farm, Holly Springs, North Carolina
From farmer and artist Deborah Underwood Brown come beautifully packaged sets of six notecards featuring her original watercolors of the Java chickens on her farm. Also available are unique Java-inspired Christmas cards and prints of original watercolors. Learn more about the farm and Java chickens at www.highgroundfarm.com.
To order cards or prints, email deborah994@gmail.com.
Gulf Coast Native Sheep Yarns, Fleeces and Rugs
Easy Acres Gnomestead, Abington, Connecticut
Featuring products from Critically-endangered Gulf Coast Native sheep, Easy Acres offers yarns in natural colors or botanically dyed colors, fleeces for hand spinning and made-to-order rugs. “Each rug is a unique, hand-made piece of treasure,” explains owner Stacey Beck. Inventory is always changing; see the collection at www.EasyAcresGnomestead.com.
Belted Galloway Beef Products
Crown H Cattle Co., Etna, California
From Belted Galloway cattle raised naturally on the Hanna Brothers Ranch at the top of the state of California, Crown H Cattle Co. offers a wide range of dry-aged beef products shipped with dry ice in special insulated boxes to ensure freshness. Discover steaks, grilling packs, roasts and more.
Visit www.crownhcattlecompany.com
Shetland Thrummed Mitten Knitting Kit
Five Sisters Farm, Plainfield, New Hampshire
The warmest wool mittens you’ll ever slip your hands into. No cold air will penetrate the cozy nest of soft wool roving that lines the inside of these dense, durable Shetland wool mittens. Designed by Mona Zillah (BunnyMuff Designs), the kit contains a digital pattern download, 4 oz. of Shetland 3-ply Aran weight yarn, and 4 oz. of Shetland combed top roving. Select each of your favorite undyed yarn and roving options to create a unique color combination!
Visit https://nh5sistersfarm.com
Sheep Ornaments, Locker Hooking Kits and Roving
Dyers Wool, Durango, Colorado
Visit www.dyerswool.com
Handcrafted Leicester Longwool Dryer Balls
Happy Heritage Farm, Abingdon, Maryland
Made from Leicester Longwool heritage breed sheep, wool dryer balls reduce drying time, allow users to eliminate dryer sheets and reduce static while supporting rare sheep, saving money and helping the environment. These dryer balls come in sets of three and are handcrafted on the farm.
Visit www.happyheritagefarm.etsy.com
Florida Cracker Wool
Harmony Hills Farm, Live Oak, Florida
From a Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em participating farm comes a variety of wool skeins, yarns and roving from Florida Cracker sheep. Professionally processed, these products are ready for any fiber arts project.
Visit www.harmonyhillsfarmfl.com
FROM THE LIVESTOCK CONSERVANCY
Gift Memberships and Donations
The Livestock Conservancy
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!
Visit www.livestockconservancy.org/join
Heritage Breed Books and 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!
Visit bit.ly/livestockconservancystore
Online Courses through Teachable
The perfect gift for learners on your list. Choose 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.
Visit http://livestockconservancy.teachable.com/courses
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.
Visit www.rarewool.org
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.
Visit www.cafepress.com/shop/albcstore
Fiber Gifts
Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em Program
Support fiber providers in our Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em program who raise endangered heritage sheep breeds. Search SE2SE on Etsy for other sellers or look on our Breeders & Product Directory.
Visit www.livestockconservancy.org/breeders-directory
