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2022 Local Fiber Pop-up Shop
Cozy-up this winter with locally produced fiber, yarn, and gifts from the area’s unique cottage industry. LocalFiber is excited to announce the opening of the 2022 Local Fiber Pop-up Shop in downtown Ithaca,…
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2021 Local Fiber Pop-up Shop
Join us in celebrating the bounty of local fiber farmers and producers! LocalFiber is excited to announce the opening of the 2021 Local Fiber Pop-up Shop in downtown Ithaca, NY. In partnership with…
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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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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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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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Virtual Visits on Dec 19, 2020
Our final Virtual Visits with Crooked Creek Sheep and Wool, and Ellis Hollow Farm were wonderful. Thank you Amy Glaser and Nancy Munkenbeck for the amazing virtual tours on Saturday, and many thanks…
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Virtual Visits on Dec 12, 2020
We had another wonderful set of virtual farm visits this past Saturday! Check out the amazing videos below that Nistock Farms, Forget Me Not Farm and Otter Lake Farm presented. And be sure…
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Virtual Visits to Windsong Farm and Laughing Goat Fiber Farm, Dec 5, 2020
The first LocalFiber Virtual Farm + Studio Visit in our December series is in the books! On December 5, 2020 natural fiber farmers, artists, and enthusiasts met online to watch farm tours and…
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A Lesson in Wool Classing
I wondered yet again as I crept up the mountainous gravel road to my AirBnB in the pitch dark, what had made me decide to register for the Wool Classing Course offered by…
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What is LocalFiber – Part 5
Committees Move LocalFiber In ‘What is LocalFiber – Part 4’ I described how we decided on our first community-based action towards identifying and solving our supply chain challenges. In this article I will…
From Farmer to Maker
