The cooperative of farmers and textile producers wants to jump-start flax production to provide more linen clothing as an alternative to fossil fuel-based synthetic fibers. This story is part of the ...

Certain wild flax plants growing in poor soils have succeeded in balancing the stress in their lives -- these plants are less likely to experience infection from a fungal pathogen. The new study ...

One of the more beautiful varieties is the Sundowner New Zealand flax (Phormium 'Sundowner'). Sundowner has upright arching long strap-shaped leaves. The leaf coloring is quite stunning and unusual, a ...

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 ...

Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are forcing many industries to cut their carbon footprint and shorten their lengthy and fragile supply chains. Textile and clothing businesses, in particular, ...

Flax plants in bloom at the PA Flax Project's square-yard plot in Philadelphia. WESA's local, independent journalism is only possible because of financial support from readers like you. Please support ...