Snack | Beeswaxed Bag

Five Oaks Farm Snack Beeswaxed Bag
7" x 10.5" | 100% Cotton + Organic Beeswax | Reusable | Plastic-Free

The smallest bag in the lineup. The one that goes everywhere.

At 7" x 10.5", the Snack Beeswaxed Bag is sized for the food that moves — the sandwich packed for lunch, the wedge of cheese headed to a picnic, the handful of carrots or herbs that needs something better than a zip-lock bag and has for years. It is the format that makes the daily, habitual reach for plastic wrap feel not just unnecessary but slightly embarrassing in retrospect. The bag handles it better, in every way that matters.

The construction is the same across every Five Oaks Farm bag: 100% cotton saturated in organic beeswax — no added resins, no oils, nothing that shouldn't be near food. The beeswax does several things at once. It gives the cotton a light, pliable structure that holds its shape around whatever is inside. It creates a natural barrier that regulates airflow and humidity rather than blocking both entirely the way plastic does — which is why food stored in these bags stays fresh rather than either drying out or sweating. And beeswax is naturally antibacterial, which means the bag actively works against mold rather than simply slowing it by exclusion.

To use it: slip the food in, tuck the end under. That's the whole technique. To clean it: cool water and mild soap. To store it: anywhere. It folds flat, takes up no space, and is ready for the next use indefinitely — washable, reusable, and fully biodegradable when it eventually reaches the end of a long life.

Handmade one at a time by local women in North Alabama, on a family farm in Hazel Green that has been building toward exactly this kind of considered, low-waste product since the beginning.

Product details:

• Dimensions: 7"x10.5"
• 100% cotton saturated in organic beeswax — no added resins or oils
• Naturally antibacterial — beeswax actively resists mold growth
• Regulates airflow and humidity to keep food fresh longer
• Washable and reusable — cool water and mild soap
• Plastic-free, non-toxic, and fully biodegradable
• No zippers, no snaps — slip in, tuck under, done
• Handmade one at a time in North Alabama

Why we love it:

• The daily-use size — sandwiches, cheese, carrots, herbs, fruit, and on-the-go snacks all have a home here
• Organic beeswax with no added resins or oils — nothing between the food and the bag that shouldn't be there
• Naturally antibacterial construction actively works against mold rather than simply delaying it
• Regulates airflow and humidity the way plastic never does — food stays fresh rather than sweating or drying out
• Washable, reusable, and biodegradable — the replacement cycle for plastic bags, ended
• No hardware to clean around — no zippers, no snaps, no mechanism that becomes a maintenance task
• Folds flat for storage, takes up no space, and is ready for the next use indefinitely
• Handmade one at a time by local women on a family farm in North Alabama — the kind of provenance that shows in the product
• A genuinely meaningful gift for the cook, the lunch-packer, or anyone still reaching for plastic out of habit

Native Manor Note: The snack bag is the format that makes the everyday difference — not the occasional bread loaf or the weekend cheese board, but the Tuesday sandwich and the handful of grapes and the herbs that need to last until Thursday. Five Oaks Farm makes this bag from 100% cotton and organic beeswax, by hand, one at a time, on a family farm in Alabama. The result is a bag that keeps food fresher than plastic, requires nothing more than cool water to clean, and lasts long enough to make the cost-per-use conversation irrelevant. The plastic bag habit is easy to break when the alternative is this considered.