Local Origins Rural Network - LORN Sustainable living in North Argyll

This is the beginning of creating an online directory of LORN businesses.
To be a member the business has to be a primary skill or producer.
Primary skills includes : - electricians, photographers, therapists, craftsmen, artists, architects, hairdressers,
Primary Producers include : - farmers, fishermen, smokers, bakers, plantsmen, cheesemakers, cooks, chocolatiers.

Our aim is to provide all our visitors to the site with a wonderful resource of the best skills and products in the Lorn area of North Argyll. Whether you are local, a tourist or someone looking for wholesale suppliers, this will be the place to look.
(we are just getting to grips with what this software will do, so bear with us as we develop the intricacies of the directory)

here are some of our Members in 2011/12 - click on their name/ links to see more details of each members products and services

(Click on the name to find contact details with more details added as the producers supply it)
Adrian's Croft, North Connel Free range pork (seasonally) preserves (markets only), home baking (markets only)
Anna Bateman, Oban Physiotherapy, Reiki Master and life coach
Ardentrive Farm, Kerrera Pork, lamb, Highland beef
Argyll Fun Events, Appin body zorbing, glitter tattoos, face painting, children's parties
Barfada Organics, Ardfern Organic vegetables
Balliemore Farm, Kerrera Preserves, baking, Dexter beef, lamb, wood work
Beechwood, North Connel Bread, baking, wool
Barrie Richards, Bonawe Paintings
Boafrosh, Oban Jewellery
Camus Enterprises, Duror Hebridean lamb, wool, honey
Carol O Design, Taynuilt Hand painted silk scarves
Claire Rennie Alexander Technique teacher
Clare Holohan, Lochaline Herbal medicine, massage, aromatherapy
Criomagan, Benderloch Ready meals, catering
Freda's Foods, Lismore Baking, preserves
Greener Accounts Book-keeping, payroll
Hebridean Isles Trading, Colonsay Hebridean sheep meat, wool, crafts
Highland Geese, Ardfern Geese, dressings, sweets
Iain Darling Butchers trading as I Wynne & Son, Oban
Innie Farm Bed and Breakfast, Kilninver
Isle of Mull Cheese
Jan Wolfe, Seil Bowen Therapy
Keltia, Connel Celtic pyrography
Kintaline Farm, Benderloch Eggs, chickens for your garden, plus all the housing, fencing and equipment, Jacob sheep, meat & fleece, plant centre, fruit, feed supplies, mail order, host site of the markets
Kirsty Petre, North Connel Proof reading, aromatherapist
Loch Etive Electrical, North Connel Electrician
Lorn Landscape Art Photographic art, prints, calendars, cards
Lydia Jane Designs, Benderloch Felt and lace designs
Margret Powell-Joss Translations
Mary's Meals, Oban Fundraising craft work
North Argyll Carers, Oban Crafts, baking
Oban Bay Jewellery, Oban Jewellery, reiki
Oban Beekeepers
Oriana's Jewellery Jewellery, photography
Painting with Parkinsons Painting with Parkinsons
Paradise Kitchen, Balvicar Preserves, baking
Phoenix Fabrics, Benderloch Knitwear, bead jewellery, felting
Radience, Benderloch Health and beauty
Richard Childs Photography & Fussy Cow Framing, Barcaldine Photography, holidays, framing
Rosebank Garden Gallery, Appin Garden sculptures and Celtic tiles
Ruth Brennan Drumming workshops
SoftQualM (Scotland) Ltd, Oban Web, print, publishing, training and audit services
Vinh Burton Smith Hebridean wool and meat
Vibrant Silks, Taynuilt Silk scarves
Willie Fish, Oban Wet fish, smoked fish, pates, mail order
Witch Doctor, Dalavich Complimentary therapies and crafts