Fibrevolution was formed by Shannon Welsh and Angela Wartes-Kahl in 2016 to build a regional farming network in the Pacific Northwest centered around a bast fiber processing facility for both flax and hemp and rooted firmly in organic practices.
Flax in West Coast Fibersheds: Updates from Field to Mill
Two groups on the West Coast, Chico Flax in the Sacramento Valley of California and Fibrevolution in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, are now leading the revitalization of the flax textile industry in the region. Groups in other regions of North America, such as the Cleveland Flax Project in the Rust Belt Fibershed, are also doing this work.
January 29, 2020