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KOSELIG LAND & LIVING

KOSELIG - 'koosh-lee'

Koselig is a Norwegian word similar in meaning to the Danish 'Hygge'. It means

(1): a feeling of deep contentment provided by a person, place or atmosphere, and

(2): experiencing happiness and personal well-being through a combination of nature, companionship and coziness.

LAND AND LIVING

Our lifestyle products are rooted in the local land base, ecology, and economy. Our farm raises 400+ cattle and 200+ sheep on several hundred acres using regenerative livestock agriculture practices.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

We believe in living and farming sustainably. We want for your family what we want for our own–clean, all-natural textiles and home products. Our sheepskins, lambskins, and home goods provide your home with healthy alternatives that are free from the toxic chemicals often used in processing. Produced by our family on our farm in Vermont, our home goods are safe, high quality, long-lasting and better for the earth.

vermont all natural sheepskins sheep farm

OUR STORY

Our farm Meeting Place Pastures was founded in 2009 in Cornwall, VT. We bought our first sheep in 2014 and have been raising them ever since. We started to look at the sheep industry in another way when we visited our local butcher and found that there were sheep hides piled up for disposal. Our sheepskin production was created out of a desire to add value to the supply chain and minimize unnecessary waste.

Meanwhile, most of the textiles used in our daily life –blankets, cushions, throw rugs, etc. are made from oil-based synthetic fibers and produced in countries that exploit human labor. Today only 2% of our textiles are produced in the US. There are problems inherent in a global supply chain, which have only become more apparent. We believe we can be a part of a hopeful picture of the possibilities of a truly sustainable fiber system.

The goal of Koselig Land & Living is to utilize the ‘waste’ hides, add value through natural tanning, and provide a sustainable, ethical and safe sheepskin product in the marketplace, giving people a product they can trust and feel good about bringing into their homes.

OUR PROCESS

While we raise, procure, and prepare all hides, we rely on a small family-owned tannery in the North-East that uses natural processes to produce the finished sheepskins. The tanning process is completely free of toxic chemicals and heavy metals often used in the tanning of hides. As a result, our sheepskins feel more organic and less processed than commercial hides. They are closer to how mother nature intended.