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Producer Stories
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Regional Fiber Mapping
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Pacific Northwest Fibershed

Highlighted Press

Designing the Future - Pathways through Fibersheds to Natural Resource Management,
Regional Economic Development, and Bridging Cultural Divides
In Good Tilth: Fibrevolution
Flax: What's old is new again
Mapping the future of Fiber
The Six Fashion-Forward Design Week Events We’re Most Excited About
Brooklyn Tweed Profile: Fibershed
Ecotrust: New Connections in our Fibershed
Fiber Revival: One Woman’s Quest to Bring Fiber and Fashion Together in the Pacific Northwest

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@fibrevolution_pnw linen (flax) harvest was a wonderful example of the power of community. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the PNW linen revival!!! Together we will move this work forward. #flaxislinen #oregongrown #welovelinen #wearelinen #linenlove #fibershed

We would like to invite you to the annual flax (linen) harvest with Fibrevolution, revitalizing fiber production in the PNW!

When:
Thursday, August 9th, 5-9pm &
Saturday, August 11th, 10-4pm

Location:
OSU Lewis Brown Horticulture Farm
33329 SE Peoria Rd
Corvallis, OR *Enter gates and follow "Flax Harvest" signs

Please RSVP to fibrevolution@peak.org.
Best to bring a water bottle, snack if needed, sun hat, weather appropriate clothing and garden gloves. Also bring friends! Work involves hand harvesting flax with your community of fellow fiber fans. This year, the flax will be laid in windrows for field retting.
We look forward to seeing you in the field. -Angela and Shannon
Fibrevolution
www.fibrevolution.com #fibrevolution_pnw #fibershed #community #linen #harvest #welovelinen #revitalization

The simplistic beauty of natural fibers #oregon #merinowool #pnwfibershed #soiltosoil

The most important thing that bees do is to pollinate. Pollination is needed for plants to reproduce, thus flax depends on 🐝 Fun watching them do their work out on the field. photo credit: @johnmorganpics #welovelinen #pnw #oregon #agriculture #linen #flax #pollinators #bees @fibrevolution_pnw

Irrigation...something we are feeling very thankful for this growing season!!! The NIDIS summarizes current conditions as follows...”Abnormal dryness or drought are currently affecting approximately 3,776,000 people in Oregon, which is about 99% of the state's population.” We have experienced this first hand this season. Our farms with flax (linen) crops that were not on irrigation have failed. Thankfully our irrigated research crops are doing great and the blooms have made their first appearance. We have learned a lot from these drought conditions and are working together to adjust our growing patterns going forward and will continue to work together as a community to revitalize linen in the Pacific Northwest! @fibrevolution_pnw #welovelinen #oregon #regenerativeagriculture #wearelinen #flax

Agriculture stakeholders (farms and organizations) PLEASE SIGN ONTO THIS LETTER from the Oregon agricultural community, urging the legislature to pass the Clean Energy Jobs bill. (FOLLOW LINK IN BIO to sign onto the letter). The Clean Energy Jobs is a bill in the Oregon State Legislature, which defines an annual cap on greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon and ensures that some of the state’s largest polluters pay their fair share. Agricultural producers can benefit from grant funds or offset credits when they implement climate friendly agricultural practices. #cleanenergy #oregon #agriculture #climatechange

Folks often ask how much fabric is in a bale of linen. We love this sign at Lin et L’autre in Normandie, France...a linen lovers dream store! (Translation= 1 bale of linen = 100 kgs = 1000 square meters of cultivated fiber. 50 kgs of fine fiber(long line fiber) will make 167 shirts. 20 kgs of tow fiber will produce 50 meters of fabric for items such as pants). #linetlautre #normandie #france #linen #fabric #flax #slow #fashion

Georges Vasseur, head of the Cooperative Member relations and seed trade at Terre de Lin in Saint-Pierre-le-Viger, France, and @fibrevolution_pnw Co-founder Angela Wartes-Kahl discussing linen production at their headquarters in France. Georges said, “Linen is one of the oldest fibers used by man, and it has all but been forgotten. We have to work together globally to bring this miracle fiber back!” We couldn’t agree more!!! #thinkgloballyactlocally #together #wearestronger #linen #economy #pnw #agriculture

Fiber flax arriving for further linen production at Terre de Lin in France, a cooperative with more than 650 regional flax producers. This region grows around 32,000 acres of fiber flax a year! A major industry for the region. #frenchlinen #france #regionalism #cooperativeeconomics #vivalafrance

@fibrevolution_pnw linen (flax) harvest was a wonderful example of the power of community. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the PNW linen revival!!! Together we will move this work forward. #flaxislinen #oregongrown #welovelinen #wearelinen #linenlove #fibershed

We would like to invite you to the annual flax (linen) harvest with Fibrevolution, revitalizing fiber production in the PNW!

When:
Thursday, August 9th, 5-9pm &
Saturday, August 11th, 10-4pm

Location:
OSU Lewis Brown Horticulture Farm
33329 SE Peoria Rd
Corvallis, OR *Enter gates and follow "Flax Harvest" signs

Please RSVP to fibrevolution@peak.org.
Best to bring a water bottle, snack if needed, sun hat, weather appropriate clothing and garden gloves. Also bring friends! Work involves hand harvesting flax with your community of fellow fiber fans. This year, the flax will be laid in windrows for field retting.
We look forward to seeing you in the field. -Angela and Shannon
Fibrevolution
www.fibrevolution.com #fibrevolution_pnw #fibershed #community #linen #harvest #welovelinen #revitalization

The simplistic beauty of natural fibers #oregon #merinowool #pnwfibershed #soiltosoil

The most important thing that bees do is to pollinate. Pollination is needed for plants to reproduce, thus flax depends on 🐝 Fun watching them do their work out on the field. photo credit: @johnmorganpics #welovelinen #pnw #oregon #agriculture #linen #flax #pollinators #bees @fibrevolution_pnw

Irrigation...something we are feeling very thankful for this growing season!!! The NIDIS summarizes current conditions as follows...”Abnormal dryness or drought are currently affecting approximately 3,776,000 people in Oregon, which is about 99% of the state's population.” We have experienced this first hand this season. Our farms with flax (linen) crops that were not on irrigation have failed. Thankfully our irrigated research crops are doing great and the blooms have made their first appearance. We have learned a lot from these drought conditions and are working together to adjust our growing patterns going forward and will continue to work together as a community to revitalize linen in the Pacific Northwest! @fibrevolution_pnw #welovelinen #oregon #regenerativeagriculture #wearelinen #flax

Agriculture stakeholders (farms and organizations) PLEASE SIGN ONTO THIS LETTER from the Oregon agricultural community, urging the legislature to pass the Clean Energy Jobs bill. (FOLLOW LINK IN BIO to sign onto the letter). The Clean Energy Jobs is a bill in the Oregon State Legislature, which defines an annual cap on greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon and ensures that some of the state’s largest polluters pay their fair share. Agricultural producers can benefit from grant funds or offset credits when they implement climate friendly agricultural practices. #cleanenergy #oregon #agriculture #climatechange

Folks often ask how much fabric is in a bale of linen. We love this sign at Lin et L’autre in Normandie, France...a linen lovers dream store! (Translation= 1 bale of linen = 100 kgs = 1000 square meters of cultivated fiber. 50 kgs of fine fiber(long line fiber) will make 167 shirts. 20 kgs of tow fiber will produce 50 meters of fabric for items such as pants). #linetlautre #normandie #france #linen #fabric #flax #slow #fashion

Georges Vasseur, head of the Cooperative Member relations and seed trade at Terre de Lin in Saint-Pierre-le-Viger, France, and @fibrevolution_pnw Co-founder Angela Wartes-Kahl discussing linen production at their headquarters in France. Georges said, “Linen is one of the oldest fibers used by man, and it has all but been forgotten. We have to work together globally to bring this miracle fiber back!” We couldn’t agree more!!! #thinkgloballyactlocally #together #wearestronger #linen #economy #pnw #agriculture

Baled fiber flax entering the scutching line at Terre Du Lin in the Normandy region of France. In the first step of this process, the flax is broken, separating the shive, or inner woody core, from the linen fiber. #normandie #france #seinemaritime #linen #industry #circulareconomy #agriculture

Fiber flax arriving for further linen production at Terre de Lin in France, a cooperative with more than 650 regional flax producers. This region grows around 32,000 acres of fiber flax a year! A major industry for the region. #frenchlinen #france #regionalism #cooperativeeconomics #vivalafrance

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