Michigan Fibershed

Michigan Fibershed is a community-based organization that supports the growth of a regenerative natural fiber economy in the state of Michigan with a vision to move materials, skills, and knowledge through the networks that comprise the soil-to-soil cycle of our state’s fibershed. Through workshops, expert discussions, fiber-related events, and community projects (like our Flax-to-Linen Community Grow Project), we support community connections and preserve knowledge of crafts and skills essential for building human-centered, regional material economies

We advocate for policies that support local, sustainable fiber economies and provide support to farmers, producers, manufacturers, and people using and wearing textiles and fiber products. As we build our Michigan Fibershed, we are advancing a movement towards a more interconnected, resilient, and self-sufficient world. Our work is both deeply local and expansively global, grounded in the belief that empowerment comes from reconnecting with the land, the fibers we grow, and the communities we nurture.