Fibershed
@fibershed.bsky.social
We're a non-profit developing regenerative textile systems that are based on carbon farming, regional manufacturing, and public education.
Love sustainability? Into circular fashion?
Apply to be a PA Fibershed University Ambassador and help grow a local, ethical textile economy.
You’ll help spread the word, host events, and rep your campus in a statewide network of change-makers.
More: pafibershed.org/ambassadorpr...
Apply to be a PA Fibershed University Ambassador and help grow a local, ethical textile economy.
You’ll help spread the word, host events, and rep your campus in a statewide network of change-makers.
More: pafibershed.org/ambassadorpr...
University Ambassador Program — PA FIbershed
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June 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Love sustainability? Into circular fashion?
Apply to be a PA Fibershed University Ambassador and help grow a local, ethical textile economy.
You’ll help spread the word, host events, and rep your campus in a statewide network of change-makers.
More: pafibershed.org/ambassadorpr...
Apply to be a PA Fibershed University Ambassador and help grow a local, ethical textile economy.
You’ll help spread the word, host events, and rep your campus in a statewide network of change-makers.
More: pafibershed.org/ambassadorpr...
In today’s renewed focus on American manufacturing, political leaders are calling for domestic investment in technology—but too often, "textiles" get left out of the convo entirely.
On our blog today, read our case for why textiles *are* a critical area of technology: fibershed.org/2025/06/05/t...
On our blog today, read our case for why textiles *are* a critical area of technology: fibershed.org/2025/06/05/t...
Textiles Are Tech - Fibershed
Learn about how advanced textile machines are shaping the next era of U.S. manufacturing.
fibershed.org
June 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In today’s renewed focus on American manufacturing, political leaders are calling for domestic investment in technology—but too often, "textiles" get left out of the convo entirely.
On our blog today, read our case for why textiles *are* a critical area of technology: fibershed.org/2025/06/05/t...
On our blog today, read our case for why textiles *are* a critical area of technology: fibershed.org/2025/06/05/t...
For centuries, cotton’s been bred to produce more, faster—no matter the cost.
Now, a growing U.S. network is flipping the script with Climate Beneficial™ Verified cotton: rooted in soil health, farmer equity, and real climate impact.
More here → fibershed.org/2025/05/30/c...
Now, a growing U.S. network is flipping the script with Climate Beneficial™ Verified cotton: rooted in soil health, farmer equity, and real climate impact.
More here → fibershed.org/2025/05/30/c...
Climate Beneficial™ Cotton: A Regenerative Approach to Soil Health & Supply Chain Resilience
Written by Rachel Witte Cotton has been classically bred by human communities in agricultural valleys for millennia. Originally a perennial species, it has been hybridized and transformed into an annu...
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June 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For centuries, cotton’s been bred to produce more, faster—no matter the cost.
Now, a growing U.S. network is flipping the script with Climate Beneficial™ Verified cotton: rooted in soil health, farmer equity, and real climate impact.
More here → fibershed.org/2025/05/30/c...
Now, a growing U.S. network is flipping the script with Climate Beneficial™ Verified cotton: rooted in soil health, farmer equity, and real climate impact.
More here → fibershed.org/2025/05/30/c...
Our Climate Beneficial™ Verified site unites cotton + wool producers under one program to regenerate land, strengthen farm economies, and verify outcomes you can trace back to the soil.
🌱 Check it out: climatebeneficial.com
🌱 Check it out: climatebeneficial.com
Climate Beneficial™ Verified Fiber
Climate Beneficial™ is a holistic verification system that enables farm-traceable connectivity—creating transparent, regenerative impacts to ecosystems and U.S. farming communities. We are future-proo...
climatebeneficial.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our Climate Beneficial™ Verified site unites cotton + wool producers under one program to regenerate land, strengthen farm economies, and verify outcomes you can trace back to the soil.
🌱 Check it out: climatebeneficial.com
🌱 Check it out: climatebeneficial.com
Proud to be included in Everlane’s Fund report—alongside partners Seed2Shirt!— for supporting the expansion of Climate Beneficial™ cotton.
We helped 6 six farms transition 120+ acres to regenerative production, cultivating 170K lbs of Climate Beneficial™ cotton:
www.everlane.com/assets/impac...
We helped 6 six farms transition 120+ acres to regenerative production, cultivating 170K lbs of Climate Beneficial™ cotton:
www.everlane.com/assets/impac...
www.everlane.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Proud to be included in Everlane’s Fund report—alongside partners Seed2Shirt!— for supporting the expansion of Climate Beneficial™ cotton.
We helped 6 six farms transition 120+ acres to regenerative production, cultivating 170K lbs of Climate Beneficial™ cotton:
www.everlane.com/assets/impac...
We helped 6 six farms transition 120+ acres to regenerative production, cultivating 170K lbs of Climate Beneficial™ cotton:
www.everlane.com/assets/impac...
Our Climate Beneficial™ Verified (CBV) wool aims to help reshape what American textiles can be—with a framework grounded in land stewardship, regional supply chains, and verified climate outcomes.
Read more: climatebeneficial.com/news/us-wool...
Read more: climatebeneficial.com/news/us-wool...
Soft, Renewable, and Climate Beneficial™: Why US Wool is Having a Comeback — Climate Beneficial™
American wool has been overlooked in the world of performance textiles— reliable, renewable, and respected by those who know it, yet largely sidelined in an era of fast fashion and synthetic dominance...
climatebeneficial.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our Climate Beneficial™ Verified (CBV) wool aims to help reshape what American textiles can be—with a framework grounded in land stewardship, regional supply chains, and verified climate outcomes.
Read more: climatebeneficial.com/news/us-wool...
Read more: climatebeneficial.com/news/us-wool...
We’re proud to celebrate Tameka Peoples of Seed2Shirt, recently honored as Manufacturer of the Year at the ISAIC Honors. This award is a recognition of her visionary leadership in sustainable manufacturing, innovation, and workforce advocacy. 👏
May 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We’re proud to celebrate Tameka Peoples of Seed2Shirt, recently honored as Manufacturer of the Year at the ISAIC Honors. This award is a recognition of her visionary leadership in sustainable manufacturing, innovation, and workforce advocacy. 👏
We’re excited to share this upcoming workshop in Japan featuring Nihon Akane—Japanese madder, a native dye plant treasured for its soft red hues and now increasingly rare due to the difficulty of cultivation.
May 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We’re excited to share this upcoming workshop in Japan featuring Nihon Akane—Japanese madder, a native dye plant treasured for its soft red hues and now increasingly rare due to the difficulty of cultivation.
A camp pillow made from *wool*—not plastic. Natural fill, organic cotton, fully washable. Designed by a family who wanted their outdoor gear to match their sustainable values.
Support bringing this brilliant (and needed!) project to life on @kickstarter.com: www.kickstarter.com/projects/woo...
Support bringing this brilliant (and needed!) project to life on @kickstarter.com: www.kickstarter.com/projects/woo...
The Woolshire Wool Camp Pillow
An all natural camp pillow crafted with organic cotton and wool, The Woolshire camp pillow brings us back to nature.
www.kickstarter.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A camp pillow made from *wool*—not plastic. Natural fill, organic cotton, fully washable. Designed by a family who wanted their outdoor gear to match their sustainable values.
Support bringing this brilliant (and needed!) project to life on @kickstarter.com: www.kickstarter.com/projects/woo...
Support bringing this brilliant (and needed!) project to life on @kickstarter.com: www.kickstarter.com/projects/woo...
🌿 Meet Bodega Pastures 🌿
A multigenerational, community-powered ranch in West Sonome, their sheep produce beautiful yarn processed by regional partners, and dyed with mushrooms and lichen—rooted in place, but globally inspiring.
A multigenerational, community-powered ranch in West Sonome, their sheep produce beautiful yarn processed by regional partners, and dyed with mushrooms and lichen—rooted in place, but globally inspiring.
May 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🌿 Meet Bodega Pastures 🌿
A multigenerational, community-powered ranch in West Sonome, their sheep produce beautiful yarn processed by regional partners, and dyed with mushrooms and lichen—rooted in place, but globally inspiring.
A multigenerational, community-powered ranch in West Sonome, their sheep produce beautiful yarn processed by regional partners, and dyed with mushrooms and lichen—rooted in place, but globally inspiring.
Wool pellets are a brilliant, climate-smart solution that turns overlooked "waste wool" into powerful plant food.
How does it work?
Let us, ahem, spin you a yarn...
How does it work?
Let us, ahem, spin you a yarn...
May 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wool pellets are a brilliant, climate-smart solution that turns overlooked "waste wool" into powerful plant food.
How does it work?
Let us, ahem, spin you a yarn...
How does it work?
Let us, ahem, spin you a yarn...
Each month, Fibershed hosts events that invite you to learn, connect, and get involved. From hands-on workshops to thoughtful gatherings, there’s always something fun happening.
Check out—and register for!—upcoming events on our calendar 💓 fibershed.org/events/
Check out—and register for!—upcoming events on our calendar 💓 fibershed.org/events/
May 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Each month, Fibershed hosts events that invite you to learn, connect, and get involved. From hands-on workshops to thoughtful gatherings, there’s always something fun happening.
Check out—and register for!—upcoming events on our calendar 💓 fibershed.org/events/
Check out—and register for!—upcoming events on our calendar 💓 fibershed.org/events/
Join us at the Fibershed Learning Center for a hands-on flax-to-linen workshop with master weaver Sandy Fisher. 🌾
Learn to plant, harvest, rett, and process flax fiber using traditional tools like the brake, scutch, and hackles. Reserve your spot 🔜 fibershed.org/event/flax-p...
Learn to plant, harvest, rett, and process flax fiber using traditional tools like the brake, scutch, and hackles. Reserve your spot 🔜 fibershed.org/event/flax-p...
Flax Processing with Sandy and Durl of Golden State Linen
Join us at the Fibershed Learning Center in Point Reyes Station, CA for a fun, informative, and hands-on workshop on turning flax to linen
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April 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Join us at the Fibershed Learning Center for a hands-on flax-to-linen workshop with master weaver Sandy Fisher. 🌾
Learn to plant, harvest, rett, and process flax fiber using traditional tools like the brake, scutch, and hackles. Reserve your spot 🔜 fibershed.org/event/flax-p...
Learn to plant, harvest, rett, and process flax fiber using traditional tools like the brake, scutch, and hackles. Reserve your spot 🔜 fibershed.org/event/flax-p...
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many, many thanks to @fibershed.bsky.social for the scholarship that allowed me to attend shearing school at hopland REC @ucanr.bsky.social!
April 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The Earth gives us soil, fiber, and color—everything. On Earth Day, we remember our role in giving back.
Fibershed is building a textile system that restores land, supports local economies, and reconnects us to the source. 🌱
(Photo by Paige Green.)
Fibershed is building a textile system that restores land, supports local economies, and reconnects us to the source. 🌱
(Photo by Paige Green.)
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Earth gives us soil, fiber, and color—everything. On Earth Day, we remember our role in giving back.
Fibershed is building a textile system that restores land, supports local economies, and reconnects us to the source. 🌱
(Photo by Paige Green.)
Fibershed is building a textile system that restores land, supports local economies, and reconnects us to the source. 🌱
(Photo by Paige Green.)
We are so grateful to have hosted the Half Day Regenerative Food & Fiber Retreat alongside Rethink the Runway and From Soil to Soul at the Fibershed Learning Center and Black Mountain Ranch as a way to usher in SF Climate Week and explore with one another the intersectionality of food and fiber. ✨
April 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We are so grateful to have hosted the Half Day Regenerative Food & Fiber Retreat alongside Rethink the Runway and From Soil to Soul at the Fibershed Learning Center and Black Mountain Ranch as a way to usher in SF Climate Week and explore with one another the intersectionality of food and fiber. ✨
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i am now a sheep shearer!! thank you, hopland REC @ucanr.bsky.social & @fibershed.bsky.social! 🐑🐏🐑🐏🐑
April 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Head out on a biodiversity hike w/ Damon Tighe at Black Mountain Ranch (home of Fibershed!). Learn to spot hidden life—fungi, bugs, plants—and log it all on iNaturalist.
➡️ Happening 11/27 from 10AM - 2PM.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/documentin...
➡️ Happening 11/27 from 10AM - 2PM.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/documentin...
Documenting Diversity: A Bioblitz of the Fibershed Watershed ft Damon Tighe
Hike with friends, tune into wildlife of all scales, learn from Damon, and build an environmental lens on sustainable practices and craft!
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April 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Head out on a biodiversity hike w/ Damon Tighe at Black Mountain Ranch (home of Fibershed!). Learn to spot hidden life—fungi, bugs, plants—and log it all on iNaturalist.
➡️ Happening 11/27 from 10AM - 2PM.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/documentin...
➡️ Happening 11/27 from 10AM - 2PM.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/documentin...
🌱 What does farming have to do with fashion? Everything.
Watch as New York Textile Lab's Harmony Varner explains how Climate Beneficial™ fiber is changing the way we think about textiles. Then, read more about our partnership and its impact: buff.ly/oMI0KjD
Watch as New York Textile Lab's Harmony Varner explains how Climate Beneficial™ fiber is changing the way we think about textiles. Then, read more about our partnership and its impact: buff.ly/oMI0KjD
March 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🌱 What does farming have to do with fashion? Everything.
Watch as New York Textile Lab's Harmony Varner explains how Climate Beneficial™ fiber is changing the way we think about textiles. Then, read more about our partnership and its impact: buff.ly/oMI0KjD
Watch as New York Textile Lab's Harmony Varner explains how Climate Beneficial™ fiber is changing the way we think about textiles. Then, read more about our partnership and its impact: buff.ly/oMI0KjD
In this conversation, Emily Oertling, an Assistant Professor at Sacramento State University, shares her journey into academia, the challenges of reshaping #FashionEducation, and the importance of bridging industry expectations with ethical and regenerative practices. 💡
Rewriting the Rules: Rethinking Fashion Education for a Sustainable Future - Fibershed
In this conversation, Emily Oertling shares her journey into academia, the challenges of reshaping fashion education, and the importance of bridging industry expectations with ethical and…
buff.ly
March 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In this conversation, Emily Oertling, an Assistant Professor at Sacramento State University, shares her journey into academia, the challenges of reshaping #FashionEducation, and the importance of bridging industry expectations with ethical and regenerative practices. 💡
🌼 Join the Transhumance Festival, an annual celebration that reconnects people to the land, on April 12 in Petaluma! 🌼 The festival reintroduces the practice of #transhumance—the tradition of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle: www.sassyandgrassy.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌼 Join the Transhumance Festival, an annual celebration that reconnects people to the land, on April 12 in Petaluma! 🌼 The festival reintroduces the practice of #transhumance—the tradition of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle: www.sassyandgrassy.com
🎥 Listen to New York Textile Lab founder Laura Sansone explain why reconnecting designers to the fiber value chain is critical for creating a regenerative textile future.
📖 Read the full story and learn more about our partnership here: fibershed.org/2025/03/12/c...
📖 Read the full story and learn more about our partnership here: fibershed.org/2025/03/12/c...
March 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🎥 Listen to New York Textile Lab founder Laura Sansone explain why reconnecting designers to the fiber value chain is critical for creating a regenerative textile future.
📖 Read the full story and learn more about our partnership here: fibershed.org/2025/03/12/c...
📖 Read the full story and learn more about our partnership here: fibershed.org/2025/03/12/c...
Are you located near Chico, California? Join our friends at Golden State Linen (formerly Chico Flax) for their spring harvest next weekend! Learn more here: goldenstatelinen.com/events
🗓️ March 29 & March 30
⏰ 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days
📍 3239 Rodeo Avenue
🗓️ March 29 & March 30
⏰ 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days
📍 3239 Rodeo Avenue
March 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Are you located near Chico, California? Join our friends at Golden State Linen (formerly Chico Flax) for their spring harvest next weekend! Learn more here: goldenstatelinen.com/events
🗓️ March 29 & March 30
⏰ 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days
📍 3239 Rodeo Avenue
🗓️ March 29 & March 30
⏰ 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days
📍 3239 Rodeo Avenue
Fibershed's new digital zine "Woven Futures: Envisioning a Regenerative Textile World" explores what’s possible when we center regeneration, equity, and climate resilience in our fiber systems. 🌱 Access your free copy here:
Woven Futures Zine Landing Page
The way we produce and use textiles is at a crossroads. The dominant system is extractive and unsustainable—but what if it didn’t have to be? Woven Futures is a digital zine from Fibershed that…
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March 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Fibershed's new digital zine "Woven Futures: Envisioning a Regenerative Textile World" explores what’s possible when we center regeneration, equity, and climate resilience in our fiber systems. 🌱 Access your free copy here:
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Thrilled to see that @fibershed.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Along with several other local Fibershed organizations!!!
@nnefibershed.bsky.social !!! Woot!
Welcome to the conversation here. 🧶 🧵🪡🐏🦙🐇🌾
#knitting
@nnefibershed.bsky.social !!! Woot!
Welcome to the conversation here. 🧶 🧵🪡🐏🦙🐇🌾
#knitting
March 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Thrilled to see that @fibershed.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Along with several other local Fibershed organizations!!!
@nnefibershed.bsky.social !!! Woot!
Welcome to the conversation here. 🧶 🧵🪡🐏🦙🐇🌾
#knitting
@nnefibershed.bsky.social !!! Woot!
Welcome to the conversation here. 🧶 🧵🪡🐏🦙🐇🌾
#knitting