Industry Organizations with Online Shops

November 3, 2023 6:12 AM

Swisspatat, the Swiss potato industry organization, has an online shop selling products promoting the use of Swiss potatoes, including some free booklets with recipes and such. What other industry organizations around the world have such shops? The more niche the better, with bonus points if they offer free stuff.
posted by jedicus to Shopping (13 answers total)

The Canadian Milk Industry is all over this sort of thing.

Dairy Farmers merch and the very famous Dairy Calendar which is, like, culturally important because of how many of our mothers hung this up in our kitchens when we were kids. Physical copies are free in Canada, but you can get the digital if you aren't here. They also offer free printed lessons for teachers in some provinces who want to teach a very dairy-centric view of nutrition.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:22 AM on November 3, 2023 [3 favorites]

I was going to say Dairy Farmers of Canada too. I thought the Canadian egg industry would also have a shop, but surprisingly they do not. Missed opportunity - get cracking! (That's a Canadian joke)

Translink, the transit authority in the Lower Mainland of BC, has a shop, as does the Toronto Transit Commission and the Société de transport de Montréal.
posted by urbanlenny at 7:44 AM on November 3, 2023 [3 favorites]

You can buy lots of Transport for London merch in the London Transport Museum shop, including furniture upholstered in the same patterns as the seats on the Tube.
posted by quacks like a duck at 8:01 AM on November 3, 2023 [3 favorites]

Wisconsin Dairy ; Iowa Pork (recipes); California Raisin Administrative Council; Florida Citrus Council.
posted by mcgsa at 8:11 AM on November 3, 2023 [1 favorite]

not really an organization, but Mr. Yuk has an online store, and you can request a free sheet of stickers!
posted by misanthropicsarah at 8:13 AM on November 3, 2023 [4 favorites]

The federal Government Printing Office has a mile-wide selection of documents, posters, printables and other stuff for someone willing to do some digging. Everything that the U.S. produces is in there public domain so a lot of this is close to free (plus shipping).
posted by wenestvedt at 8:25 AM on November 3, 2023

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posted by wenestvedt at 9:00 AM on November 3, 2023 [7 favorites]

The Danish Dairy Board.

I had a little cardboard Karoline Cow from them when I was a kid. I'd picked out Elizabeth Gundrey's “Send Off For It!” from the Chip Club (Scholastic) catalogue, so our mail was full of promo things for months afterwards.
posted by scruss at 9:36 AM on November 3, 2023 [1 favorite]

Not sure which of these have shops -- I am working my way through personal favorites (e.g., mangoes, cranberries) slowly: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/eligible-commodity-boards
posted by wenestvedt at 11:37 AM on November 3, 2023

Hang on, here's a site with descriptions of and links to the various boards: https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/research-promotion
posted by wenestvedt at 11:46 AM on November 3, 2023

There are a bunch of USDA publications here, which I believe you can order and get for free; search for "calendar" to find (and order) a copy of their chicken calendar!
posted by carrienation at 1:35 PM on November 3, 2023 [1 favorite]

I came in to say Dairy Farmers of Canada too. There was a time it was likely your friend had the same dish from that calendar.

There is a Get Cracking site but it only has recipes -with downloads. The lentil farmers do too.

The Canada Space Agency has merchandise.
posted by warriorqueen at 3:38 PM on November 3, 2023 [2 favorites]

It's not really an online store, but you can order event materials from Potatoes USA, so if you want a passive-aggressive tablecloth that reads "POTATOES. WHAT ARE YOU EATING?" for your next local fair, they've got you covered. "For years we’ve talked about why you can eat potatoes. Now we’re talking about why you should eat potatoes" is a hell of a pitch
posted by phooky at 7:37 PM on November 3, 2023 [4 favorites]