Collaborating with Hawk & Handsaw Farm
researching the value chain of flax for linen production
A healthy textile system is a post-fossil fuel textile system and is localized by design. This is crucial not only due to the environmental toll of fossil fuels but also because it addresses both material composition and supply chain emissions. It is a system that is anchored in the bioeconomy — an economic system that stays within our biological limits.
I think a healthier system must consider three critical elements: supply chains, materials, and the very business model.
-George Harding-Rolls, Global Policy Researcher and Advocacy Campaigner
Ongoing Projects At Wood Spoon Farm
For Flax Sake (2024)
“Unlike cotton, machine produced linen isn’t superior to that made by hand; in fact, hand-processed flax fiber generally produces finer linen cloth. For this reason, the linen industry never became as industrialized as cotton or wool and as a result linen is usually more expensive to manufacture.”
-Andrian Paquette, Curator Slater Mill
