Kettle Moraine Woodworking
A small Wisconsin woodshop that builds cedar feeders and nest boxes and titles its own homepage American-Made.
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Where Kettle Moraine Woodworking products are made
“Made in the USA” appears on 49 of the 210 items listed on the company’s own site, and not in one corner of the catalogue — it spans nest boxes, feeders and accessories, including 7 of the 12 recycled-plastic feeders.
The cedar suet log page describes stock “made of recycled logs from cut-offs at a local furniture factory” — offcuts from another Wisconsin woodshop, turned into suet holders.
The site’s own page title reads “Kettle Moraine | American-Made Bird Feeders, Houses, & Accessories.” Items without an explicit line are recorded here as unverified rather than assumed.
The Federal Trade Commission reserves an unqualified Made in USA claim for goods that are all or virtually all of domestic origin. Kettle Moraine labels individual products rather than making a blanket claim, and fewer than a quarter of its listings carry the line. We have reported that ratio rather than rounding it up, which is why this profile reads American Manufacturing.
The story
Kettle Moraine Woodworking operates out of North Prairie, Wisconsin — the address is in the footer of every page on its site, which is more than most companies in this category will tell you. The name comes from the Kettle Moraine, the glacial landscape running down the eastern side of the state.
The work is cedar. Bluebird boxes, hanging feeders, suet logs drilled to take standard suet plugs, screen-bottom platform feeders, poles and baffles. Cedar is the traditional material for this because it weathers outdoors for years without treatment, and it is a wood the upper Midwest has in quantity.
The shop also runs a recycled-plastic line built from post-consumer milk jugs, and it supplies Wild Birds Unlimited stores through a dedicated wholesale range. It does not publish a founding year anywhere on its site, so this profile does not assert one.
Why they matter
Backyard bird feeding is a category almost entirely surrendered to imports, which makes a surviving domestic woodshop worth finding. The products are bulky, low-value per unit and made from a wood that grows locally — exactly the economics that should favour domestic production, and usually no longer do.
The recycled-plastic line matters for the same reason from the other direction. Turning milk jugs into feeders is only worth doing near where the jugs are collected, and the company puts a Made in the USA line on most of that range.
And the offcut sourcing is the detail that gives the claim texture. A suet log built from another local factory’s scrap is a small, real piece of a regional manufacturing economy rather than a marketing story.
Shop Kettle Moraine Woodworking products
Cedar nest boxes, hanging and platform feeders, suet logs and the recycled-plastic hopper feeders are where the Made in the USA line appears. Check the individual listing — not every item carries it.
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Kettle Moraine Woodworking questions
Are Kettle Moraine bird feeders made in the USA?
Many are. “Made in the USA” appears on 49 of the 210 products listed on the company’s own site, spanning nest boxes, feeders and accessories. Items without the line carry no origin statement and should not be assumed.
Where is Kettle Moraine Woodworking located?
North Prairie, Wisconsin. The address — 129 N Harrison St — appears in the footer of every page of the company’s own website.
What are the feeders made of?
Mostly cedar, which weathers outdoors without treatment. There is also a recycled-plastic line built from post-consumer milk jugs, and a cedar suet log made from offcuts from a local furniture factory.
When was Kettle Moraine Woodworking founded?
The company does not publish a founding year on its own website, and we have not asserted one from a source we cannot verify.