his Small Business Saturday, it is my great pleasure to introduce to you Ron Hickman. I met him on Instagram and admired his beautifully crafted lures and rods, but I was completely blown away by some of the great stories he started sharing! It was obvious that I couldn't just keep these to myself, so here we are supporting small businesses today and always, learning about the great people behind the products.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you began your creative business, Subgauge Rod and Lure Art
I grew up on a subsistence farm on the Carolina coast near Calabash NC. We grew, caught or killed what we ate.
These people have a warm place in our hearts, but they are really hard to shop for! For their plastic-free and zero-waste needs, there are some items that can help them out and inspire them to keep persevering…
Jonny Baker, scientist, father, and friend, explains the reasons for Lobster regulations in Florida. Learn the why and how along with some "poop facts."
This summer for Plastic-free July and World Oceans Day, I wanted to connect our community to learn more about locals (to South Florida) who are making a big impact, many without much exposure yet. I was working on my own little homestead, catching or growing as much as I could for food, so I looked around for some resources and boy did I find them...
I've sort of been obsessed with becoming as self-sustainable as possible, striving toward growing or catching as much of our own food as we could as a family. It all seemed like another one of the crazy ideas, or high ideals that often plague me, until suddenly we found ourselves in a global pandemic...
