Our story
A better way to buy what you need online.
Forage Local started in Portland with a simple idea: the good stuff made down the street should be as easy to find as anything from a warehouse three states away.
Why we exist
The Northwest is full of people making real goods, jam, soap, quilted pot-holders, candles, pantry staples. Most of them don't have the interest or time to run a website, shoot product photos, write copy, pack boxes and chase payments. So we do that part.
Local Brands make the goods. Team Forage handles photography, copy, sales and getting the box to your door. You get one basket, one checkout and one delivery, even when it's from six different studios.
How we rank things
Ranked by local relevance. Never by ad budget.
There's no paid placement on Forage Local. Every Local Brand is vetted by our team and earns one of three Local Integrity tiers, each measured against the place that brand is based — Portland, Beaverton, or wherever they work:
- Made & sourced locally
Made and sourced locally — made where the brand is based, from ingredients or materials sourced there. Our highest tier.
- Made locally
Made locally — made by hand where the brand is based, with materials that may come from further away.
- Designed locally only
Designed locally only — designed where the brand is based, produced with a trusted partner elsewhere.
Where your money goes
Local Brands receive 69% of every product sale. Forage Local keeps 31% to cover photography, copy, packing, delivery coordination and card processing. A separate 5% Community Fee at checkout keeps the Forage Local Collective running.
Who's in it
Brands like Collisionware, where Angie and her family sew bold, bright kitchen goods in Southeast Portland. Every Local Brand has a profile with their story, their neighborhood and what we love about them.