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Are Next-Gen Synthetic Fibers the Future of Sustainable Textiles?

Modern Farmer

Textiles are a major source of microplastics in the ocean, where they weave their way into the food chain, causing untold harms to marine life. There is nowhere near enough fiber recycling infrastructure in the US, where 85 percent of used clothes and other textiles get sent to the landfill. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7

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Bringing Back the (Flax) Fields of Gold

Modern Farmer

Farmer Jeremy Dunphy stands next to his four-acre test plot, brimming with flax as a cover crop, sharing what he’s learned with a crowd of 20 farmers, textile artists, designers, and educators. At one time, 18,000 acres of flax were grown in Oregon , with 14 processing mills, spinning and weaving throughout the Willamette Valley.