About Us
Our Mission & Vision
The Northern New England Fibershed aims to re-invigorate regional natural fiber systems in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. We believe the best way to accomplish this is to support the individuals and businesses along our fiber supply chain in bringing fiber from raw material to finished product. We promote regenerative farming practices that are rooted in traditional Indigenous knowledge to nourish the soil and protect the land.
What is a Fibershed?
A geographical landscape that defines a resource base
A community organization that is building a climate beneficial local economy
A network of fiber farmers, weavers, knitters, slow-fashion entrepreneurs, soil activists, and conscious consumers
A source for education focused on connecting consumers to the source of their clothing
A grassroots movement to promote the use of wool and all other natural fibers
The Current Global Fashion Industry
trillion Dollars
Estimated sales of clothing by 2025
million tonnes
The amount of clothing that was exported to the Global South in 2014
Thousand liters
The amount of water needed to produce one kilogram of cotton
Metric gigatonnes
The amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere by the global apparel and footwear industry
Trillion pounds
The amount of greenhouse gases emitted in 2015 by Polyester production. Equal to the annual emissions of 185 coal-fired power plants.
billion
Approximate number of garments consumed each year by americans
percent
Of textile fibers are derived from petrochemicals
Garment Workers
The number of garment workers killed in the collapse of the Rana Plaza in 2013, in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Land Acknowledgement
The Northern New England Fibershed acknowledges that the work we do is located on N’dakinna, which is the traditional ancestral homeland of the Abenaki, Pennacook and Wabanaki Peoples past and present. We acknowledge and honor with gratitude the land and waterways and the alnobak (people) who have stewarded N’dakinna throughout the generations. We also acknowledge that some of these peoples are currently lacking federal recognition and that this land continues to be unceded.