Celebrating Bees – 5 reasons to help

Celebrating Bees – 5 reasons to help

May 22, 2022 | Stories

The 20th May was World Bee Day, it raises awareness of the importance of bees and our environment. These hardworking creatures have an essential role in keeping our planet healthy. Together with wild pollinators, bees play a major role in maintaining biodiversity,...
7 ways Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world

7 ways Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world

May 5, 2022 | Stories

Breakfast in bed, a bunch of flowers, zoom calls and a little bit of pampering. Most mothers would agree it’s lovely to be celebrated on a special day each year. Have a look at the different ways Mothers’ Day is celebrated around the world: 1. Ethiopia – the...
I love a sunburnt country

I love a sunburnt country

Jan 28, 2021 | Stories

This beautiful, honest poem by Dorothea MacKellar is one of our favourites.  It paints a picture of an incredible country that is at once warm and picturesque and at the same time harsh and unforgiving. The Local-Side team were debating long and hard about whether to...
What does community mean to you?

What does community mean to you?

Jan 15, 2021 | Stories

One of the questions we get asked here a bit is, what’s the go with the Local-side? Why didn’t you just get a whole stack of great products from wholesalers and sell them? A lot of the team here at the Local Side grew up in regional areas, with town populations in the...

Welcome back local markets!

Dec 30, 2020 | Stories, Uncategorized

One of my favourite things to do is to go to a local market and talk to the vendors about their products and the story behind them.  I recently came across a group of more senior gentlemen with a love of woodwork. They made beautiful handcrafted gifts of pepper...