Fiber Farmer Listening Session - Local Cloth

Calling all FIBER FARMERS of the Blue Ridge Fibershed:

If you are a fiber farmer, located within a 100 mile radius of Asheville, NC, it's time to gather! We want to put YOU on the map.

The Fiber Farmer Listening Sessions are an opportunity to:

This event is FREE and refreshments will be provided.

Guest Speakers: Dana Brown: WNC AgOptions Grants; Julie Wilson: Agritourism, Grant Recipient

What to Bring: 

• Come prepared to share about your farm: the fiber type you raise, how you are selling and processing your fiber, resources you have for scouring, shearing and skirting, what mills you are using, etc.

• Bring your questions, needs and dreams for your fiber farm. 

• A notebook and pen to take notes. 

• If you’d like to have a sample of your fiber assessed with a micron tester, please bring a washed, clean sample (no VM), with a small sample from shoulder, rib and britch for an overall reading, in a labeled zip lock bag.  $5/sample. 5 or more = $3/sample. Samples will be processed at the Fiber Farmers Day on April 22nd and reports will be emailed shortly after.  

• If you’d like us to include your fiber in our regional fiber sample book, please bring 2 oz of your washed fiber.