Small Flax Farm Producers
TAP ROOT FIBRE
Who: Patricia Bishop
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: [email protected]
Website: https://taprootfibrelab.ca/
Additional Resources:
From Seed to Shirt: Flax to Linen in Canada for the Local and Global Market
CHICO FLAX
Who: Sandy Fisher and Durl Van Alstyne
Location: Chico, California
Contact: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=chico%20flax Instagram: @chicoflaxtolinen
RUSTBELT FIBERSHED
Who: Jessalyn Boeke and Sarah Pottle
Location: Ohio
Contact: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rustbeltfibershed-2108105966126789
Instagram: @rustbeltfibershed
Website: www.rustbeltfibershed.com
Additional Resources:
YouTube: rustbeltfibershed
Seed Developers
Fibrevolution
Who: Angela Wartes-Kahl and Shannon Welsh
Location: Oregon
Contact: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fibrevolution.pnw
Instagram: @fibrevolution_pnw
Website: www.fibre-evolution.com
Additional Resources:
YouTube: Fibrevolution
Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission/ Flax Growers Manual: https://www.saskflax.com/growing/index.php
Seed Sources:
- Fibrevolution – Linore (OSU bred), send us an email at [email protected] with your shipping address and quantity needed
- Irish Seed Savers Assoc.
- Van de Bilt in Netherlands
- Terre de Lin in France
- U.S. National Plant Germplasm System
Education
THE LINEN PROJECT
Who: Pascale Gatzen
Location: Netherlands
Contact: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelinenprojectNL/
Instagram: @_thelinenproject
Website: http://thelinenproject.online/
Additional Resources:
https://craftscouncil.nl/howwow/how/en/
FIT – Fashion Institute of Technology – Farm2Fashion
Location: New York
Contact: [email protected]
Website: https://www.fitnyc.edu/sustainability/curricular-initiatives/faculty/jeffrey-silberman.php
Western Massachusetts Fibershed
Who: Michelle Parrish
Location: Massachusetts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=western%20massachusett%20fibershed
Instagram: @westernmassfibershed
Website: https://westernmassfibershed.org/
Additional Resources:
New England Flax and Linen – Study Group: https://www.newenglandflaxandlinen.org/
Local Color Dyes – Blog by Michelle Parrish: https://localcolordyes.com/
ROSIE BRISTOW
Who: Rosie Bristow
Location: UK
Contact: [email protected]
Additional Resources:
http://farminggeorge.blogspot.com
https://fibershed.org/affiliate/southeast-england-fibreshed/
https://www.southwestenglandfibreshed.co.uk/
http://northwestenglandfibreshed.org/
https://eastyorkshirehemp.co.uk/
https://www.agronauka-sv.ru/jour/article/view/290/290
https://vandebilzadenvlas.com/en/handel/vlaslinnen/hekelband/
https://news.europeanflax.com/celc/
https://slowfactory.foundation/
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44562/44562-h/44562-h.htm#Fig416
