LocalFiber
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Stories from Lochan Mor Farm: The Leicester Longwools
While winter winds and snow continue with a vengeance, lambing here at Lochan Mor Farm has begun. Every spring my husband scolds me over the timing of when the lambs and kids (baby…
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What is LocalFiber – Part 3
In my previous blog post Identifying Needs in the Local Fiber Community, I talked about how the LocalFiber community worked together to identify the collective needs of our regional fiber producing community. Now I…
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ALPACAS: It’s all about the FIBER!
Part I: A brief (and somewhat surprising) history of the Alpaca and the U.S. Alpaca Industry Where on earth did these Cutie-Pies come from? There is evidence that alpacas have been around for…
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What is LocalFiber – Part 2: Identifying Needs in the Local Fiber Community
Small flock fiber farmers throughout the northeast face numerous hurdles in getting their fiber to market. One of the primary goals of LocalFiber is to bring the Finger Lakes and CNY fiber farming…
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The LocalFiber Quarterly Meeting
Community is the foundation on which LocalFiber is built and quarterly meetings are a vital component of building that community. Meetings build community and drive purpose According to the EPA’s Public Participation Guide…
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What is LocalFiber – Part 1: Creating Community-Based Solutions in the Finger Lakes and CNY Animal Fiber Supply Chain.
In March of 2018, together with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, LocalFiber was awarded a NESARE Partnership Grant (ONE18-321). The goal of this grant gets at the core of LocalFiber's mission…
