Articles by PA Wilds Marketplace

Our hearts are filled with hope and thankfulness as we enter into a new year for the PA Wilds Marketplace. This has been a year of continued growth, inspiration, and innovation for the PA Wilds Marketplace. The online platform was launched in 2021, and 2023 was a year where the marketplace found a solid base of makers who are selling their products and excited customers who are thrilled to be able to buy a locally handcrafted gift.

Looking for the perfect gift for your child, grandchild, niece, nephew or other special kid in your life? Here are some of the best toys, games, snacks, and gifts for kids! Find meaningful gifts for kids' birthdays, holidays, or everyday fun with something for every kid, including cute shirts, puzzles, treats, and even a joke book all from small makers in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

Despite the cold temperatures and long nights, winter gives us so many reasons to celebrate in the Pennsylvania Wilds. However you may be celebrating this season, we wish you and yours a very happy, healthy, joyous time!

Pennsylvania Wilds-based artist Julie Mader has partnered with the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship to release new art kits called Paint the PA Wilds Watercolor Kits. The kits are now available for purchase on the PA Wilds Marketplace at ShopThePAWilds.com/JulieMader.

Of A Predatory Heart by Joe Parry, a reprint of an outdoor enthusiast and veteran's short stories is now available on the PA Wilds Marketplace, under Kevin Coolidge's storefront.

Get to know one of our newest makers on the PA Wilds Marketplace... Goot Essa! Goot Essa began in 2001 when a group of Amish dairy farmers came together as a six-family cooperative. Their goal has always been to use their cheesemaking expertise to ensure every generation has the means to stay on the farm. In the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect, “Goot Essa” means “good food” or “good eating.”

Each time we return home from our travels, we typically bring something special back with us to help recall the memories we made there. What is a souvenir? Regardless of what the physical product takes the form of, it is simply a tangible reminder of an experience that you have had, like a vacation or a daytrip or a special occasion. These souvenirs can help you relive the positive emotions that are tied to that memory.

Although many people in the United States think of Labor Day as the unofficial end to summer or just a fun day to grill and hang out with friends one last time in the warm weather, the holiday actually began in some of the darkest days of America’s industrial history. When you buy a product from the PA Wilds Marketplace, you can feel proud knowing that these products were dreamt of, designed, crafted, printed and created by artisans who are happily making a living here in the PA Wilds.

Owners of The Village Eatinghouse, Clay and Melanie Phillips, have been in the business of creating delicious sauces for more than 20 years! Based in Karthaus in the I-80 Frontier landscape of the PA Wilds, Village Eatinghouse products help you feel confident and inspired in your food preparation.