Photography by Paige Green (except where noted) Wisdom of the ages revealed and contrasted to modern notions of genetic progress… Enhancing nature’s time-tested processes or Engineering… the difference between this phrase and […]
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A Journey Into the Blue
Written by Shaine Drake and photography by Koa Kalish (except where noted) A producer, processor, broker, and purveyor of biodynamic goods, Craig Wilkinson has been immersed in the holistic and ecologically […]
Read MoreIndigo Volunteer Days!
Fibershed Indigo Project 2015 CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS A call for volunteers to help plant over 2000 indigo seedlings in two days. Many areas to help from planting to weeding to support […]
Read MoreFull Belly, Full Heart.
Story by Caroline Spurgin, photography by Alycia Lang. Full Belly is a farm of divine splendor. As the name suggests, it is a wholesome place, pregnant with happiness, abundance and good […]
Read MoreA lifelong love of fiber arts
Photography by Paige Green Colleen Simon has enjoyed an interest in fiber arts for as long as she can remember. She learned to knit as a child growing up in Minnesota, […]
Read MoreSonrisa Family Farms — The New Kids on the Block
By Caroline Spurgin / Photos by Alycia Lang Lisa Colorado is one of those people with such tangible conviction it all but glints in the sun. She is an activist, […]
Read MoreAma Wertz — Weaving without Limits
Story by Jess Daniels / photos by Alycia Lang In an ecosystem, a limiting factor puts pressure on a population, eventually leading to adaptation. For Fibershed artisan and weaver Ama […]
Read MoreWelcome to the Borderlands
Story by Caroline Spurgin, photography by Alycia Lang. The air at Mimi Luebbermann’s farm hums with organic magic. We arrive at Windrush Farm under a rainbow relinquished by the early […]
Read MoreCooperatives & the Next Clothing Industry
Text and photographs by Jess Daniels, unless otherwise credited. Three simple words: Made In _________. This phrase, adorning nearly every item of clothing in our closets, is a frustratingly simple […]
Read MoreKentucky Hemp
Thanks to grants from Patagonia’s Environmental Grants program and the Blackie Foundation, Fibershed has been in collaboration with various organizations to support the raw plant processing and cloth creation processes […]
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