Blog
- November 24, 2020
SOMF in Tunisia. Olive Oil, Dates and Citrus.
- November 23, 2020
Marketing plays eminent role in each of agriculture produce to consumers, selling of output, fetching good price, creating relationships, satisfying customers. Agriculture marketing is inferred to cover services involved in moving an agriculture product from the farm to the target consumer. It helps in planning, organizing, grading, packing, storage, food processing, distribution and advertising.
- October 19, 2020
Shepherding is one of the oldest occupations in human history. This is no different in Tunisia. It is still a part of the Tunisian economy. Often you can see shepherds with their herds crossing autoroutes or even villages from one green field to another. These sheep give us one of the wonders of Tunisian handicrafts: wool. All over Tunisia you can find production of woolen knotted rugs, which we also offer in our catalogue. Today we’d rather focus on a forgotten craft which are the batania, or farachia. These are thick woolen blankets originally produced in the Kef region, in the West of Tunisia.
- October 13, 2020
Fairtrade Tunisian Handicradts : The fouta is a staple in bath house culture. Originally from Tunisia, it was and still is used for hamam visits. Today we can find foutas everywhere. Men and women still bring a fouta when visiting a hammam. Foutas are everywhere in Tunisia. You can see foutas hung in doorways to keep the flies out.
- September 21, 2020
Tunisian Handicrafts, Custom Handmade Products with Private Label
- February 22, 2019Sixty-years old Hedi ARFAOUI with his fresh and live spirit, has been doing this job for more than 50 years without feeling exhausted or wishing to leave it. He is the creator of Birdcages of Sidi Bou Said.
- February 22, 2019
Olive Tree in general: Many Branches, gnarled trunk, brown and cracked bark, olive can reach 15 to 20 meters tall and live very long. lt easily adapts to poor soils, rocky and arid. With its woody rootstock which accumulates reserves and its vast network of roots, it is very resistant. But if the olive tree is able to keep long the water it drew from the ground, it loves water and will be better if it will not run out.
- February 22, 2019With its distribution on the tunisian territory, handicraft sector represents a widely spreaded activity employing more than 300.000 artisans, due to the necessity of products made to the everyday life of consumers and to its oldness as an industry, the handicrafts sector contributes to 4% of the tunisian GDP making of it a very important sector in the tunisian economy.