JEN'S WREATHS
Responsible Business and Reasonable Prices!
At Frugal Fit Family, it is my mission to support brands and represent businesses who coincide with my mission. As you may have read, I am challenging myself and my family to be a bit more Eco-friendly and organic while saving money and being frugal along the way.I was so excited to be contacted by one of my sponsors - Jens Wreaths because they are everything that I stand for - responsible practices and earth conscious...plus great on the budget! I spend a lot of time spreading the word about their amazing fundraising program BUT have yet to tell you about how they offer their gorgeous wreaths while having a POSITIVE effect on the environment...I felt it best to let JEN, herself, tell you!
Please take a minute to read more about how Jen's Wreaths practices RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS!
The Next Generation
By: Jennifer McFadden
I
want to thank Heather May for the opportunity to write on her blog. My
name is Jennifer McFadden and my family owns Jen’s Wreaths in northern
Minnesota. Jen’s Wreaths offers a wide
variety of different size Christmas wreaths made from fresh balsam fir
(pine). All the wreaths are handmade and shipped directly from our
farm. Learn more about our family’s start in the wreath making business
here: http://www.jenswreaths.com/about.cfm
I
wanted to address a question we get asked many times each year. A lot
of our customers want to make sure our balsam fir is sustainably
harvested. They often ask, “Are trees cut down, etc. in order to get
these limbs.” In other words they want to make sure that we aren’t
depleting our natural resources. We believe we’ll get asked these
questions more and more often in the future as correctly using our
forests comes to the forefront of many customers’ minds.
Sam
(my husband) and I want to work hard to build a viable business. We
don’t just want a business that provides a living for us but a business
that can withstand the transfer to another generation. Profit is
important but so is doing business correctly. In all aspects of our
business we look not only short term but also long term. We want the
next generation of McFadden’s to have an ample, healthy supply of balsam
fir trees and limbs. Without a supply of this material you simply
won’t have a business.
Last
year we implemented sustainable harvest goals. We wanted 50% of our
balsam fir to come directly from logging sites. Here in northern
Minnesota logging sites are plentiful and most of the time the trunk of
the tree is the only part used. The tree limbs are simply discarded off
to the side. With careful planning we were able to go in directly
behind logging crews and gather fresh healthy balsam fir limbs to use in
our operation. These limbs would have simply gone to waste.
So,
where does the other 50% of our limb tips come from? Well, they come
from carefully giving balsam fir trees something similar to a quick
haircut. When cut correctly the tips of balsam fir trees can be taken
and they grow back more tips to be used again and again. We never cut a
tree down and strip it of its limbs.
We
are firm believers that our natural resources are a gift given to us to
use and enjoy. However, we also believe in responsibility. Common
sense and firm research studies on how to correctly harvest limb tips
should be used to ensure that the next generation has a plentiful supply
of one of the most fragrant fir species in the forest – Balsam Fir!
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