We want local fiber.
We want it organic.
We want the people in every step of the process to be valued.
We want to cause the least harm and spread the most good.
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Our region has an abundance of wool and diverse animal fibers...but for a hot summer day,
working in the fields,
a nice linen farm shirt would be ideal.

After thoroughly researching the successes and mistakes of the Willamette Valley's historic fiber industry,
we believe in the economic and environmental viability of bast fibers.​

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Our Mission

We envision a regional farming network, centered around a bast fiber processing facility, which will grow, produce, and distribute bast fiber to textile, personal care and bio-composites markets. Fibrevolution will facilitate the establishment of a linen and hemp fiber industry in the United States, from local fiber farmers through manufacturing to textile design, with a firm root in organic practices.

Our Values

• Research and collect results to find the best agronomic practices for optimal fiber quality & yield
• Cultivate soil-to-soil textile processes
• Use regenerative organic farming practices
• Develop a value-added niche crop that benefits small farms 
• Certify products and facilities to the Global Organic Textile Standard for manufacturing
• Create a circular economy
• Invite retired experts to continue their craft and educate the next generation of fiber

       producers​

• Connect the consumer to the biological context of their products through transparency and ​public education

Shannon Welsh and Angela Wartes-Kahl with their 2017 flax crop at harvest time. Photograph by Micah Fischer