Ask pupils to research how flax grows using these websites and video clips: Key questions include: Encourage pupils to try growing flax from seed. Print out the diagram of the plant's life-cycle: Ask ...

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 ...

REGINA, SASK. — Scoular on Jan. 12 announced the opening of its new high-speed flax processing facility in Regina, the first flax plant to open in Western Canada in nearly 10 years. Scoular said the ...

Jonathan Hodgson isn’t averse to growing niche crops at Great Newsome Farm in East Yorkshire, and for the past three years his cropping mix has included a fibre crop that was once more commonly grown ...

Much as they’re trumpeted by so-called eco-designers, plant-based alternatives to cotton are a minuscule piece of the fashion puzzle. Dwarfed by cotton and synthetics such as polyester, spandex and ...

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