Totem Industries

10/09/2013

Did you know?

You can easily fit 3, maybe even 4 McGuckins pens in the pocket of the Totem Townie Workpant?

08/30/2013

Mobile greenhouse planted and ready.

08/21/2013

Totem Industries clothing + muckboots = a really good time. Biodynamic farm, creamerie, Waldorf school, and farm store. Amazing.

08/14/2013

Mobile Greenhouse, coming along nicely. Will be ready for fall planting.

07/25/2013

Looking Good ! Sporting his new Jack Workshirt, Charcoal, Size Large. Two pairs of pants under the arm also. Somebody is siked!

07/21/2013

The girls are getting so big. Just waiting for our first eggs.

04/27/2013

First there were fires, now a building collapses. Where do your clothes come from, and what do they stand for?

Totem Industries manufactures exclusively in the US, and we work closely with our manufacturers to make sure we are all better off through our working relationships.

These stories make our commitment feel even more real.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/opinion/bangladesh-factory-collapse-opinion/index.html

The sad fact behind the building collapse in Bangladesh in whch hundreds died is that it isn't an isolated problem. The story will leave the headlines at the end of this week but on Monday hundreds of thousands of workers will return to factories that are frankly further tragedies waiting to happen,...

03/25/2013

Shipping begins this week for Totem Nomad and Townie Pants. Fingers Crossed!

03/15/2013

02/12/2013

We are knee deep in fabric, thread, and sewing machines. Just found this article and wanted to share. Its an amazing feeling to employ local businesses and to watch products through the manufacturing process.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenrosenbaum/2013/02/04/can-makersrow-com-bring-manufactering-back-to-america/

Growing up in Detroit Matthew Burnett knew two things. One, he wanted to be a designer. And two, he wanted to design cars. Years later, graduating from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with a BFA in industrial design, he knew he was hooked on consumer design, but interested in things smaller [...]

01/07/2013

Getting Really Close!

12/30/2012