Modern Farmer
MARCH 1, 2024
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.
Agric4profits
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Cotton is one of the most widely grown and important crops worldwide, providing fiber for clothing, textiles, and other products. Its cultivation has a long history and continues to support millions of farmers globally.
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Ohio State University
OCTOBER 29, 2024
I aspire to become a cultivator grower, developing my organic cannabis strain and distributing it nationwide to dispensaries. I also aim to collaborate with farmers to utilize the cannabis plant for textiles and educate the community on its many benefits—not just as a drug, but as a healing herb, textile resource, and medicinal tool.”
Modern Farmer
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Fennigan’s Farms hosts a workshop on creating dyes and textiles from materials grown on the farm, celebrating the Detroit Month of Design. Urban farming increases those options, cultivates a deeper connection to local food sources, promotes healthier eating habits and invokes a greater appreciation for local agriculture.
Modern Farmer
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Krishna Bista grew up on a diversified farm in her native Bhutan, where her family cultivated sweet potatoes, ginger, corn, wheat, millet, citrus and cardamom. For Doli Wikongo, a refugee farmer employee who grew up cultivating bananas and rice in her native Congo, New Leaf has been a lifeline. Wikongo and Bista oversee the farm crew.
ATTRA
AUGUST 20, 2024
Together, we can cultivate a fashion industry that honors the health of our planet and the well-being of its people. You can hear more about our work in our Soil-to-Skin podcast series with Seed2Shirt, New York Textile Lab, and Fibershed. Together, we can create a fashion industry that respects our planet and its people.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
He also cultivates 75 acres of wheat, 83 acres of soybeans, 65 acres of corn, and 45 acres of hardwoods and pine trees. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. The two oversee the cultivation of vegetables for the farms Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.
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