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A Network Blooms to Connect Fiber Farmers With Fabric Artisans
New Jersey Fibershed is an affiliate of a global movement that supports creating more sustainable clothing and fabrics from the wool of local sheep, alpacas and goats.
By Raeanne Raccagno
When yarn-maker Anne Choi moved to New Jersey in 2014, she noticed the lack of connection between natural fiber farmers, who raise sheep, alpacas and goats or grow cotton and flax, and fiber artists, who knit, spin and dye the wool or thread into clothing, textiles and other goods.