MADE IN USA guide for DUers

[Omaha Steve]

There are several lists of Made in the USA on the DU. This will be a permanent location to find these items. I'll kick the post every time it gets near the bottom of the labor page or so.

http://www.americansworking.com/

This will start us off. Please feel free to add to this list. List your hand made items here too. Try to use made in USA materials for this. I remember buying a craft show item with plastic flowers a few years back. They still had the Made in China tag on them.

[Fridays Child]

1. k/r

[endless october]

2. kr

[Sanity Claws]

3. Thanks for posting

I was just at an event where the US Census had a booth. It gave out hats and other freebies, all of which said, "Made in China."

We have to do something to make sure the government buys American. The federal government should be showcasing what Americans can do, manufacture, create.

[rurallib]

4. Thanks as always for your work, Steve.

[clear eye]

5. Here's my list:

http://findusmade.com/
http://www.madeinusa.com/
http://www.dumptv.com/made-in-usa/index.html
http://www.mypreciouskid.com/made-in-the-USA.html
http://www.shopceliarachel.com
http://www.MadeinUSAForever.com
http://www.shopforamerica.com
http://www.howtobuyamerican.com/
http://www.usstuff.com/
http://www.allamericanwineries.com/
http://electronics.madeinusa.org/
http://www.bekainc.com

Also some specific items: All-clad pots & pans (last a lifetime); Bourbon French and Lagniappe Oaks perfumes and toiletries; GODAR MODEL FM1A STEREO-HD RADIO ANTENNA; Ommegang ales (come in champagne-like bottles w/ real corks); Microplane graters (for the cook on your list); Westone earphones.

Now, if there were only a made in USA way of paying for all this stuff.

[spooky3]

11. thanks, OmahaSteve & clear eye.

I will definitely use these lists.

[RoccoR5955]

6. K & R and many thanks

We need more sites like this one. Though it is incomplete, it's a start.
Off the top of my head, I thought of two additions. Dr. Bronner's soap, which I have used for about 40 years now, (made in Escondido, CA) and Wigwam socks, which I wear religiously now (made in Sheboygan, WI).

[JDPriestly]

7. Thanks. Great place for Christmas shopping.

[annabanana]

8. kickeroo . . . . n/t

[marybourg]

9. Unfortunately this site is very out-of-date. Some products listed are

no longer made in U.S. (Polartec, e.g.) and some are just no longer in business (Kwik-Kut e.g.)

[marybourg]

10. Opps, Sorry. found Kwik Kut on a new, unlisted, website. nt.

[katkat]

19. Polartec? Did they close the Mass. factory? damn n/t

[quiller4]

27. According to their website Polartec still manufactures in the US

but it isn't excluysively in the US any longer since they opened a facility in China in 2007. You can still buy mill-direct made in USA Polartec products online from a Milldirect venture run by former employees of the Malden Mills retail store.

[pamela]

12. Paul Reed Smith Guitars

http://www.prsguitars.com/

Great company, great guitars. Paul is a terrific guy and treats his employees well. (I'm pretty sure he's a progressive.) PRS guitars are made in Stevensville, Md. They are best known for their electric guitars but they have recently started making acoustic guitars and amplifiers.

[Kablooie]

13. Chinese fortune cookies are also American made.

Invented and manufactured in the US.
They are unknown in China.

[Joesunionreview]

14. Thanks, and I started a new site...

Hey Steve thanks for the link, I started a new Facebook page that has labor news, the site was taking too much of my time, I needed more time for you know, life :)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joes-Union-Review/177207914342?v=wall&ref=mf

[unapatriciated]

15. now if someone could find me a coffee maker not made in china.

been making coffee the old fashion way (boiling water and drip by hand) for six months.
We stopped buying things made in china a year ago, my coffee maker died six months ago and have not found one that isn't made in china (and that includes bunn).
Every single bunn coffee maker we have seen in all the stores listed on their web site in our area have made in china right on the box.

[kestrel91316]

16. If I had money to buy ANYTHING these days I'd buy American. Sigh.

[Hekate]

17. KnR. Thanks and Merry Holidays, Omaha Steve! nt

[vanboggie]

18. self delete

[katkat]

20. here's an older thread

With many items listed:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7055170&mesg_id=7055170

[Omaha Steve]

21. Leather belts

http://www.leatherbelts.com/index.php?utm_source=cross-marketing&utm_medium=checkout&utm_campaign=ubp

Look at these Celtic belts:

[Omaha Steve]

22. Kick

[Omaha Steve]

23. Cookware made in America by Tax Paying Americans

http://www.unionlabel.com/cookware-made-in-usa.html

[Omaha Steve]

24. Kick

[Omaha Steve]

25. Kick

[Omaha Steve]

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[quiller4]

28. USA made candy Brown & Haley with manufacturing facility in Tacoma, WA

makers of Mountain Bar, Almond Roca, ButterCrunch Toffee, Macadamia Roca...

This family owned business employs union workers and has operated continuously since 1915.

[Omaha Steve]

29. Garland Writing Instruments (pens etc.)

http://www.garlandpen.com/



http://www.garlandpen.com/About_Us/

Made in the USA Writing Instrument Collections
Garland’s USA-made writing instruments are easily recognized by the flared top design, the carefully-weighted balance, and the styling. All writing instruments in the Colour, Revere, Monogram, Tuscany, Signature and Founder’s Collections continue to be custom designed, engineered and manufactured in the USA by Garland. The flared top design is a registered trademark of Garland Industries, Inc. and remains a subtle, yet distinctive way to identify a Garland writing instrument in today’s promotional product marketplace.

Much more and a store at link.

[Omaha Steve]

30. Kick