Posts By: Kelli

Co-owned by Joel Austin & Brett Tintera When a couple of Fenton, MO neighbors merged their backyard gardens in 2006, they had more produce than they could give away to family and friends. So they perfected canned salsa and pickle recipes and sold their first jar to a local store in 2010. Tens of thousands… Read more »

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Founded by: John Seawright Waterwheel Leather Company provides handmade leather goods manufactured one at a time in Ozark, Missouri to customers around the world. Leather craftsman John Seawright skillfully created the highest quality bags, journals, totes, wine bottle holders, and other leather goods one at a time in his workshop studio. John says, “Waterwheel Leather… Read more »

Owners: Jon & Debbie Ortmann Located in Cape Girardeau, Ortmann Woodcraft is a family-owned business that designs and sells hand-crafted products. Often the process begins by salvaging wood from local farms or by purchasing sustainable harvested fine exotic woods from family-run Missouri businesses. All work is done in their home-based shop, which is expanding from… Read more »