A collection of all-organic staples designed to keep you outdoors for longer.
Friends of a Farmer and +351 present a collection of all-organic staples to bring you out into the fields. The pieces take their inspiration from Tolstoy's lifelong obsession with the land, and from the way it mirrors the gardens we nurture within. They carry the robust, sun-tanned values of the farmer.
An invitation to reconnect
The world feels out of balance. Many of us have drifted away from the earth, and from the quieter gardens we carry inside ourselves. This collection begins as an invitation to find our way back.
You can't rationalise your way into a good relationship with life or with land. You have to get involved and feel it from the inside. Tolstoy knew it, and so do the farmers who work the soil every day. The qualities that serve them so well are the same ones that help us tend to ourselves: patience, resilience, care, a taste for hard work and a deep sense of appreciation.
Cultivating a mindset, not just a plot of land
Friends of a Farmer set out to cultivate an approach to life, not just a piece of land. The idea is simple. If we bring the same tender, observant gaze to ourselves as to the gardens we tend, new ways of being come into focus. When the work done within mirrors the work done in the fields, we begin to live more in tune with the natural world around us.
Common ground
Made from 100% organic cotton and produced locally in Portugal, +351 was a natural partner for this collection of hard-wearing outdoor staples. Both brands share a land ethic and a faith in the simple life.
The result is smooth, all-organic farmwear made for rolling up your sleeves and getting to work in the sunshine. The land is waiting.
Plant something small
Each garment comes with a packet of fava bean seeds, a favourite of Portuguese soils, saved from the Friends of a Farmer fields in Meco. Fava is a winter crop, and it comes with a gentle suggestion: as the days grow shorter, plant something small and watch it grow.
About Friends of a Farmer
Friends of a Farmer is a Slowness initiative in Portugal dedicated to culinary crafts and agrarian ethics. Through a celebrated Farmers Market, a coastal farmescape, an ongoing programme of events and a considered selection of organic products from across the country, they cultivate a more respectful and enjoyable approach to place.
