Our Work
OUR GOALS
3,000-5,000 acres of fiber flax into production annually in Pennsylvania and neighboring states
Establishing the first cooperatively-owned scutching mill in North America in Pennsylvania
Bringing
Pennsylvania’s
fiber flax
to market
Scaling Agriculture
Fiber flax is grown on an industrial scale in many regions of the world, most notably in coastal France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
We are one of several regions globally looking to the European experts and learning how to mirror their efficiency and quality as we scale production in our region.
We have been studying these agricultural and industrial systems since our founding in 2020 and we are bringing them here to the eastern United States.
Developing Our Mill
Once it leaves the field, flax can be processed into spinnable fiber and several other commercially viable co-products through a 100% mechanical process. This stage 1 processing is called "scutching."
Flax fiber and co-products leaving the mill go into the market to be spun into yarn, used in other textile applications, the industrial building trades and/or bio-composites.
As we have worked to scale our agricultural capacity, we have also laid the groundwork to build out this processing facility.
Educating Our Community
Our Educational programming provides the opportunity to learn about the long standing importance of flax in our local community and worldwide. Through a variety of events, we explore our regional cultural history with fiber flax and discover where it belongs in our present day culture.
We share the past and future, challenges and opportunities of fiber flax in classic textile products such as fabric, and its place in the industrial building trades, bio-composites, non-wovens and other cutting edge uses.