LocalFiber,  Research,  SARE(ONE18-321),  SupplyChain

What is LocalFiber – Part 1: Creating Community-Based Solutions in the Finger Lakes and CNY Animal Fiber Supply Chain.

January 5, 2019 /

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 — To Collectively Identify and Address Supply Chain Challenges in the Finger Lakes and CNY Region’s Animal Fiber Community.

Part of this project involves sharing our experiences, successes, and failures with a larger audience so that others may learn alongside us as we make this journey of working together, from the bottom up, to build a stronger local fiber economy and community.

We’d love this to be a conversation to encourage the flow of ideas and encouragement. So, follow us and comment. We look forward to traveling this fiber journey with you!

Dana M Havas, the Managing Director of LocalFiber, is also a graduate student of Applied Economics at Cornell University researching the fiber-to-textile supply chain.

One Comment

  • Peter Sepe

    February 1, 2019 at 3:10 pm

    The CT Sheep Breeders Assn. is looking for someone to produce our “CT Blanket” in a more timely basis. We pool our wool in June and for three years have not been able to get our blankets back before January. There seems to be a snag at the spinnery (Baseball contract). Do you or anyone have any recommendations?