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. Fashion contributes around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to big oil. In the US, 85 percent of used clothes and other textiles are sent to the landfill.

Textiles 98

Textiles Manufacturing Production Processing 98

ATTRA

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Building on the Climate Beneficial Verification program already developed by Fibershed, the program is also working with well-known clothing brands and textile manufacturers to expand markets for climate-smart wool and cotton.

Textiles 75

Textiles Manufacturing Ranching Greenhouse 75

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It was there she met Meg Erskine, co-founder and CEO of the Multicultural Refugee Coalition (MRC), the non-profit that oversees New Leaf and a textile manufacturing studio located at the church. Bista’s son Bal is New Leaf’s chicken and greenhouse manager, and he and his in-laws also have community farmer plots.

Crop 104

Crop Cultivation Textiles Farming 104

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy. To note: Hemp contains only.3

Plantation 113

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 113

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Theyre as fertile as can be. The soybeans and corn are processed into animal feed and ethanol, mostly outside the region; the cotton is exported to textile mills in Asia. They till less, plant cover crops after harvest, and have drastically cut their use of fertilizer and insecticides. Grocery stores are scarce.

Acre 52

Acre Farming Farming Crop 52