Join New York Textile Lab at Little Creek Farm to dig into healthy soil and see how your material sourcing can have a positive impact on climate change.
Tour the farm and meet innovators from the agricultural and design industries who are actively working to shift our textile production systems to regenerative models. Explore Climate Beneficial™ textiles and engage in a Q&A panel to learn about Carbon Farming and other strategies to help us grow a textile industry rooted in social and environmental equity.
Our Carbon farm Planner will lead a walking tour of Little Creek Farm and discuss practices that are designed to draw carbon out of the air and store it in the soil. He will show soil samples and discuss regenerative farming practices. Hear from experts about raising sheep, alpacas and the connection between soil health and fiber quality. Connect with our NYS Carbon Farm Network purchasing cooperative and learn about building a national farm- to- product supply chain focused on regenerative farming. Visitors will get to see the alpacas up close!
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Stacie Chavez, Imperial Yarn; Meris Butler and Carolyn Butler, Manymoons; Kristin Draper, Wendy Barrows, & Bethany Pollack-Draper Knitting Company; Kirsten McCracken, Clean Cashmere; and, Heather Sullivan, Vincent James Design
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Gibson Durnford, Watershed Agricultural Council
Isabella Rossellini will be sharing the collaboration Made for Moda, an exclusive capsule collection designed by Aisling Camps at Mama Farm
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This event is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through the project, Climate Beneficial Fiber: Building New, Accessible, and Equitable Market Opportunities for Climate-Smart Cotton and Wool. This five-year endeavor will allow us to expand our carbon farm planning to more producers across the state and bring even more Climate Beneficial fiber to designers in NY.
The Carbon Farm Tour is in partnership with New York Textile Month and Imperial Yarn, with food provided by Marbled Meat Shop
Travelling from NYC by train? Take Metro North to Croton Falls Train Station. A free shuttle is available from the train station to Little Creek Farm but you must reserve a spot.
Contact: info@newyorktextilelab.com