Totnes Grows Flax is working with Transition Town Totnes and Plymouth's The Flax Project to highlight the value of the plant, which is traditionally used for linen and ships' sails.

Fewer Manitoba farmers grow flax than they used to, but work on new varieties may increase the oilseed’s appeal in Western ...

A community project in Totnes is hoping to revive local production of textiles by encouraging people to grow flax in their gardens and allotments. Totnes Grows Flax is working with Transition Town ...

The Kherson region needs investments and grant projects to process small-seeded crops, such as flax, which is grown in ...

SASKATOON — Flax stocks are low in the Black Sea region, according to analysts. Sergey Pluzhnikov, chief executive officer of ...

Production of both conventional and organic flax is difficult because, of all major field crops grown in western Canada, flax is the least competitive with weeds. This lack of weed competition makes ...

Is flaxseed the new wonder food? Preliminary studies show that it may help fight heart disease, diabetes and breast cancer. Flaxseed was cultivated in Babylon as early as 3000 BC. In the 8th ...

Linen was one of the foundational fabrics of Luca Faloni, alongside cashmere. Part of this was down to the fabric’s sustainable credentials – the flax crop using far less water than its cotton ...