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  • Farms
    • By County
      • Cayuga
      • Chemung
      • Chenango
      • Cortland
      • Livingston
      • Monroe
      • Onondaga
      • Schuyler
      • Seneca
      • Steuben
      • Tioga
      • Tompkins
      • Other NY Counties
    • By Animal
      • Alpaca
      • Goats
        • Angora Goats
        • Cashmere Goats
        • Pygora
      • Sheep
        • Border Leicester
        • Cormo
        • Cotswold
        • Crosses
        • CVM/Romeldale
        • Dorset
        • East Friesian
        • Finnsheep
        • Hog Island
        • Icelandic
        • Jacob
        • Leicester Longwool
        • Lincoln Longwool
        • Merino
        • Navajo Churro
        • Romney
        • Shetland
        • Southdown Babydoll
        • Suffolk
        • Teeswater
        • Tunis
        • Wensleydale
      • Other
        • Angora Rabbit
        • Llama
      • Marketplace
  • Artisans
  • Information
    • LocalFiber Bylaws
    • Map of Fiber Services
    • Regional Fiber Events
    • Infographics
    • Knitting Groups
    • On-Farm Shops
  • Membership
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  • Event,  Fiber products

    2025 Local Fiber Holiday Pop-up Shop

    Cozy-up this winter with locally produced fiber, yarn, and gifts from the area’s unique cottage industry. Once again, Local Fiber members are working together to have a holiday pop-up store in downtown Ithaca–open November 1st…

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  • Event

    Mini Fiber Fest Sept 19, 2021

    Freeville Farmers Market celebrates all things fiber - yarn, wool, and fleece - on Sunday, September 19, 2021. At this Mini Fiber Festival, local farmers, producers, and makers who use fiber from our…

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  • Event,  Fashion,  Fiber products,  SupplyChain

    4th Annual HVTP Summit & Makers Market July 30, 2021

    Meeting Rm 6, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany, NY A gathering of farmers, makers, designers, manufacturers, educators, and others interested in strengthening NYS’s textile supply chain. Keynotes by Clara Parkes, founder of…

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  • Event,  Extension

    4-H Youth Fair July 26 – 31, 2021

    Vanessa McMurry Tompkins County 4H club president would like to invite you and your youngest farm and fiber producing friends to the 2021 4-H Youth Fair July 26 – 31, 2021. She and…

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  • SupplyChain

    SE New England Fibershed Writes About NEAFP

    Another great article put out by our friends from the Southeastern New England Fibershed. Scaling Fiber Production with the New England Alpaca Fiber Pool NEAFP. Many of the alpaca farmers from throughout the NE (including…

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  • SupplyChain

    Farm Yarn and Textiles Get National Media Attention

    United States farm yarn and textiles get national media attention with this article by the Associated Press. We often preach to the choir, let’s grab this opportunity to reach out and keep their…

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LocalFiber Directory

Looking for a particular type of fiber type, or a fiber farmer that’s located near you, or a fiber artist who can help transform your pile of fleeces into beautiful things?
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