Learn how to process flax into fabric by hand starting in the field! In Flax: From Field to Fabric you begin with pulling the flax in the field and progress through breaking, heckling, carding, using a drop spindle to spin yarn, dying the yarn and finally weave a small piece of fabric. This three-day hands-on […]
See a demo of the “Grubber” mechanized harvesting equipment necessary for harvesting fiber flax at scale. Learn about hand harvest and an overview of retting and post-harvest handling. Learn how flax fits into rotations and about PA Flax Project’s cooperative business model. This event will take place in both Spanish and English with simultaneous interpretation. […]
Join Rodale Institute’s researchers and expert staff at our annual Organic Field Day to learn the latest results of our farming trials and visit nearly 20 demonstration stations on our 386-acre experimental farm. PA Flax Project is participating in Rodale Institute’s Organic Field Day. Find them next to the 1 acre plot of fiber flax […]
2024 Annual Crops & Soils Field Day We welcome you to join the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops & Soils Program at their 17th Annual Crops & Soils Field Day at Borderview Research Farm. WHEN: Thursday, July 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT WHERE: Borderview Farm, 487 Line Road, Alburgh, VT 05440 […]
** This event is exclusively for NALA Members. ** Your next NALA Members Social & Networking opportunity is scheduled for August 20, 2024 from 10:oo am – 11:00 am PDT. Please join us in welcoming our special guest speaker: Jessica Thies from the Parsons School of Design. Jessica will be speaking about her faculty role […]
NALA will join the inaugural Industry Networking Collaborative meeting at TechTextil in Raleigh on August 20th. Associations will meet to discuss visions, missions, goals and collaborations. If you are attending TechTextil, you are invited to join a launch party to celebrate this industry collaborative on August 21, 2024. Register Here
Wisconsin Permaculture Convergence, Cooksville, WI August 24th at 3:00 pm CST This workshop is part of a larger event offering a wide variety of interesting workshops and lectures on permaculture related issues and activities. Leslie Schroeder of the Wisconsin Linen Revival will also be taking part in the evening’s panel discussion on the what and why […]
Join Green Mountain Linen at our third annual East Barnard Linen Fair on Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th September, 2024. No-registration needed. This free event celebrates traditional methods of processing flax to linen. Participate in the flax harvest, and try flax processing with traditional equipment. See spinning and weaving demonstrations throughout the weekend. A schedule […]
**THIS IS A MEMBER ONLY EVENT** Please join us for the September NALA Member Social and Networking event featuring Heidi Barr and the team from the PA Flax Project as they share information about their recent award of the Organic Market Development Grant (OMDG) and the journey to writing, receiving, and managing federal grants. All […]
Participate in a workshop on hand processing fiber flax and witness the transformation of straw into golden spinnable fiber. See an overview of mechanized processing, examples of products to be produced at the mill, and an overview of PA Flax Project Mill plans. This event will take place in both Spanish and English with simultaneous […]