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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…
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Wool Meets Fast Fashion Part 2
Sustainability = Marketability Last week, in Wool Meets Fast Fashion Part 1, I shared quite a few disturbing tidbits, from fast fashion’s destructive advertising campaigns to humans pooping plastic. Now that the full…
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Wool Meets Fast Fashion
As environmental crises penetrate more global communities, concerned citizens are looking for ways to act responsibly. Despite all the good that comes from embracing LED lightbulbs and rejecting single use plastic bags, a…
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What is LocalFiber – Part 4
Choosing Our First Initiative In ‘What is LocalFiber – Part 3‘ I described how we came up with a list of potential solutions from previously identified high-priority needs (‘What is LocalFiber – Part…
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LocalFiber Goes to the 3rd Annual HV Textile Summit
An early start to the day Just before 6 am on Wednesday, March 20th Meg, from Wolftree Farm, messaged “On my way, want anything from Wegmans?” I had picked up snacks the night…
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ALPACAS: It’s all about the FIBER!
Part 2: Post-2008 Alpaca Breeding: Value correction and the road toward FOCUS ON FIBER! Why did the Alpaca’s “Rare and Exotic” status continue for so long? In 2003, when alpacas entered my life,…
