Building a Regional Fabric
One Thread At a Time

SAVE THE FARM

We are starting a campaign to purchase the farm we have worked so hard to heal. As some of you know the farm was an old almond orchard that had been treated with chemicals. By incorporating the use of cover crops, making our own mycorrhizal fungi, no-till planting, and an addition of a hedgerow we have transformed the 3.75 acres into a climate beneficial environment raising the soil organic matter from 0.07 percent to 5.27 percent in six years.

The location of the farm is on the outer parts of the city of Chico. All around us there was once farmland that is now being taken over by large housing development. Our farm is an oasis in the middle of this sprawl. The zoning will allow us to stay and we can continue our partnership with California State University, Chico Regenerative Agriculture and Engineering Departments, other farmers and researchers, creating a research center for flax fiber and natural dyes in Northern California.

We will need $450.000 to acquire the farm. Please help us reach this goal.

You can donate now at https://www.nvcf.org/funds/chico-flax-incubator-fund

 


GOLDEN STATE LINEN

We are becoming a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation with a new name, GOLDEN STATE LINEN. We have filed papers with the state of California, now we wait until we hear back from the IRS in about two months. Our new board is a well-rounded group full of very exciting people; a teacher/artist, a civil engineer, an industrial tech with Blackbird instruments (made of flax), and a staff member from the Regenerative Agriculture department of California State University, Chico. While we shift from profit to non-profit status we are under the umbrella of the North Valley Foundation to help us make this transition. They have created an Incubator fund that allows us to accept donations that are tax deductible.

Donate here:  https://www.nvcf.org/funds/chico-flax-incubator-fund

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Growing Collaboratively

We are leveraging partnerships and opportunities built over the past 14 years to further develop a regenerative and economically viable fiber flax production pilot projects in Northern California.

  • We document our soil and ecosystem changes resulting from regenerative agriculture production methods.
  • Engage more members of our regional farming community in demonstration and field days
  • Test the viability of newly designed small-scale mechanical processing equipment.
  • Develop new prototype fiber products (flax/cotton and flax/wool yarn blends) with regional processing and farming partners.