EDINBURGH — Dig, rake, sow, riddle, water, weed, pull, ripple, winnow. For her solo exhibition at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, In Relation to Linum, Christine Borland created a series of rituals ...

Flax was the main fiber in colonial America. Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum grows flax and needs help with the harvest. The historic site in Manheim Township will have a flax pulling party ...

Photos courtesy of Reimers Seed Co., Carrington, N.D. Linseed oil is an important ingredient in oil-based paint. But oil-based paint, once common, now is far less popular than latex-based paint, said ...

This week on AgweekTV, we'll visit a pair of brothers turned shepherds through a starter flock program. USDA reduces corn and soybean harvest estimated from last month. We'll take a look at the corn ...

CHICO — This flax is the good stuff. Local weaver and Chico Flax co-founder Sandy Fisher has been accepted into the Smithsonian Craft Show taking place April 20 at the National Building Museum in ...

Alliance of European Flax-Linen & Hemp’s latest estimates predict average straw yields of 6-7 tons per hectare for spring flax, a significant milestone that has not been seen since 2019. While winter ...

This spring, Erica Runkles spread a new seed in her kitchen garden and lined the crop with a border of shells collected by her late mother. The seeds sprouted, growing tall with light blue flowers, ...

SALEM, Ore. — Over the past 70 years, fiber flax, once a major crop in the Willamette Valley, has virtually vanished from Oregon. But a new initiative called Fibrevolution aims to revive this ...

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One The Edge of Industrialization: Finding a ...