Flax Harvest 2008

Published by Derek under Personal on September 7, 2008

Rhonda Fazio is an amazing woman. She is an inspiration and role model. Her vision of the new world of textiles is a new beggining based on an old tradition…

Today was the harvest of her flax crop. Her goal is to make the textiles department of UMASS Dartmouth more sustainable by producing its own textiles… at least for its linen supply. To make a long story short a group of people got together and picked about 300 pounds of flax. The next phase of this plan will take place this upcoming spring where she will process the flax and extract its fibers to make linen. This whole project is in preparation for her grad work in Textiles Education.

Her whole idea is to bring the community together to stop slave labor and bring the people back to the land (something I am trying to do). I am very happy I got to be there to help in this event. I hope to see her goals accomplished and her work continued. Thank you, Rhonda.

Peace and Love