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Meet 13 California Designers Reimagining Textile Creation
by Lindsey Siegele (Fibershed) on March 25, 2024
Meet the 13 designers who participated in the spring 2024 Borrowed from the Soil Design Exhibition, February 29 – March 4 in Point Reyes Station, California. The post Meet 13 California Designers Reimagining Textile Creation appeared first on Fibershed.
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Post-Fossil Fuel Fashion: Q&A with George Harding-Rolls, Global Policy Researcher and Advocacy Campaigner
by Lindsey Siegele (Fibershed) on March 14, 2024
In this interview, George Harding-Rolls shares how consumers and brands can work together to build a fashion system that aligns with our ecological realities and benefits everyone involved. The post Post-Fossil Fuel Fashion: Q&A with George Harding-Rolls, Global Policy Researcher and Advocacy […]
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Waste Not: Wool Pellets Make Great Soil – and Business
by Maggie Liu (Fibershed) on March 13, 2024
Written by Stephany Wilkes. Photographed by Paige Green. Two fiber business owners – Charlene Schmid of Integrity Alpacas & Fiber and Anna Hunter of Longway Homestead – create wool pellets The post Waste Not: Wool Pellets Make Great Soil – and Business appeared first on […]
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Barn Crawl Vendors 2024
by Andrea Holladay (NJ Fibershed) on February 14, 2024
Vendors/ Artisans – As of March 23, 2024 Vendors –> Vendor April 27 Location April 28 Location Dancing Waters Farm Windswept Acres (Pittstown) Windswept Acres (Pittstown) Fairy Godspinner, The
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Vets
by Andrea Holladay (NJ Fibershed) on February 10, 2024
Finding a vet for your flock can be quite challenging, so plan ahead before there’s a crisis. Please let us know of any outdated information and if you know of
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Silvopasture video series from FarmingWithTrees, free on YouTube
by Andrea Holladay (NJ Fibershed) on February 10, 2024
from Sweet Sourland Farms, NJ We are forest farmers, make maple syrup, and participated in the silvopasture survey described below. It’s something we’ve been doing for many years, using small
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MATE the Label Launches a Climate Beneficial Collection Made to Last
by Lindsey Siegele (Fibershed) on January 10, 2024
By supporting farming practices for long-term good, MATE the Label and its partners in the California Cotton & Climate Coalition are advancing a planet-friendly fabrics model for fashion brands. The post MATE the Label Launches a Climate Beneficial Collection Made to Last appeared first on […]
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Fibershed Micro Grant: Scaling Natural Dye Farming Systems Using Urine + Waste Wool
by Amy DuFault (Southeastern New England Fibershed) on January 4, 2024
For year two of the wastewater + natural dye project here on Cape Cod at MASSTC (the leading innovative/alternative septic test center in the U.S.), our team looked a lot
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The Southeastern New England Fibershed + The Waste Wool Working Group
by Amy DuFault (Southeastern New England Fibershed) on January 1, 2024
I’ve been talking about waste wool to lots of folks for months and finally people are excited and listening. Can you imagine if farmers weren’t throwing away their “waste wool”
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Redefining Fashion’s Future: Rebecca Burgess Envisions Tomorrow’s Textile Landscape
by Sirima Sataman (Fibershed) on December 15, 2023
A conversation on cultivating sustainability and cultural reverence in the textile industry with the Executive Director of Fibershed. The post Redefining Fashion’s Future: Rebecca Burgess Envisions Tomorrow’s Textile Landscape appeared first on Fibershed.
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Instagram Roundup: 3 Posts on Microplastics & Clothing
by Sirima Sataman (Fibershed) on December 15, 2023
In 2023, Fibershed posted a popular series on Instagram focused on microplastics and clothing. Check out the full series here, and follow us on Instagram for more posts like these. The post Instagram Roundup: 3 Posts on Microplastics & Clothing appeared first on Fibershed.
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A Soil-to-Soil Journey with the Northeastern Fibersheds
by Lexi Fujii (Fibershed) on December 6, 2023
This past fall, I had the opportunity to visit Fibersheds in the Northeastern region of the United States. From touring knitting and wool mills, to visiting pastoral landscapes and wool washing facilities, I road tripped from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Rhinebeck, New York, where I met up with ten […]