From the Farm: Home, Food and Beauty Products
Lavender rubs, hooved tables and more farm-fresh ideas.
Fresh Rubs & Scrubs
Courtesy of Farmaesthetics
Organic Beauty
Farmaesthetics buys organic ingredients from American family farms.
Natural Skin Care
The Body Deli’s fruit- and vegetable-based organic scrubs are so fresh they need to be refrigerated.
Animal House
Courtesy of Velocity Art and Design
Heritage Breeds inspired these designs for the home
Simrin’s linen place mats—each silk-screened with a pig, hen, cow or sheep—bring the farm to the table. French design firm Ibride’s hooved console table looks like it might walk away
Eco Update
Courtesy of Fiber Farm
Community Supported Agriculture: New Ideas
Honey
Customers sign up in advance for fresh honey from Long Island, New York–based beekeeper Mary Woltz.
Empanadas
Durham, North Carolina’s Scratch artisanal bakery offers a month’s worth of seasonal savory pies. $65 for 4 weeks;
Yarn
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts’s Fiber Farm turns mohair into yarn for “CSY” members.
Chicken-Coop Ceramics
Courtesy of Lisa Neimeth
There aren’t many (or probably any) farmhouses in San Francisco. But designer Lisa Neimeth’s house was once a dairy farm, and she has converted a chicken coop out back into a ceramics studio where she makes plates out of dark, rich California clay. Nearby Alemany Farm, where Neimeth volunteers, is also influential: “There’s an old silo I’ve incorporated into a lot of my pieces, and my color palette reflects the land.”
