Can Linen Make a Comeback in North America?
Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Heidi Barr and Emma De Long, the co-founders of the PA Flax Project, harvest flax at Kneehigh Farm in 2020. As textile mills began to proliferate, the cotton grown on Southern plantations, which relied on the labor of enslaved people, proved to be a cheaper option than flax. These days, the flax grown for linen is an industrial crop.
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