Written by Jess Daniels based on the Fibershed Clothing Guide, available now as a free download Visuals created with Paige Green Photography except for the microplastic image courtesy of the […]
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Rooted in Community: Chico Flax
Written by Sarah Lillegard & Photographed by Paige Green Tucked in by the entrance of the artisan barn at this year’s California Nut Festival is a booth that seems perfectly […]
Read MoreBuilding Off an Industrial Hemp Variety Trial with One Acre Exchange
Hemp holds tremendous potential as a crop that can contribute to restoring our working landscapes, revitalizing our regional economies, and rethinking the impact of the way we clothe ourselves. Our […]
Read MoreA New Breed of Fiber Mill: BastCore Hemp Processing
Written and photographed by Maddy Bartsch If you were to ask me what Nebraska is known for, I’d probably guess corn or football, neither of which I can say much […]
Read MoreDispatches from Hemp Research: Harvesting & Evaluating a Field Trial in North Carolina
Hemp holds tremendous potential as a crop that can contribute to restoring our working landscapes, revitalizing our regional economies, and rethinking the impact of the way we clothe ourselves. Our […]
Read MoreDispatches from Hemp Research: Field Trial Germination & Emerging Markets
Hemp holds tremendous potential as a crop that can contribute to restoring our working landscapes, revitalizing our regional economies, and rethinking the impact of the way we clothe ourselves. Our […]
Read MoreDispatches from Hemp Research: Setting up an Organic Field Trial in North Carolina
Hemp holds tremendous potential as a crop that can contribute to restoring our working landscapes, revitalizing our regional economies, and rethinking the impact of the way we clothe ourselves. Our […]
Read MoreRooting the Fashion Revolution in the Soil
This year’s Fashion Revolution Week just wrapped up but the movement for transparency, accountability, and shifting the norms of a harmful and wasteful industry is gaining more traction and momentum […]
Read MoreHarvesting Liberty: A Short Film
Written by Rebecca Burgess Harvesting Liberty is a film that captures a story of a vision made manifest, a creation process that somehow made it through the veritable tsunami-like conditions […]
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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