Who We Are
The Kaw Point Fibershed is a local affiliate of the Fibershed covering a 150-mile radius around Kaw Point in Kansas City. We work at developing our regional fiber system through community. We are building a directory of fiber producers, artists, instructors, designers, and all who are interested in building a sustainable fiber network. We meet every 4th Tuesday of the month on Zoom or in person as is practical. In person local fiber and dye events are offered throughout the region and we maintain a list of events put on by others.
Our Mission
Fibershed is a non-profit organization developing regional fiber systems that expand opportunities to implement climate beneficial agriculture, rebuild regional manufacturing, and educate the public about the benefits of soil-to-soil fiber and dye systems.
Fibershed drives investment in climate benefiting agriculture, delivers technical support for rebuilding regional manufacturing, links end-users to material sources through experiential, skill-sharing education, and provides expert guidance in soil-to-soil fiber systems to policymakers across regional, state, and federal levels.
Our Vision
We envision a textile system that embraces the values of de-colonized and equitable soil-to-skin processes. We will strengthen an international system of diverse textile communities that directly enhance regional economies for the purpose of generating permanent and lasting systems of localized fiber production. These regional land regenerating production systems will diminish pressure on the ecologically undermined areas of the world.
We see a nourishing tradition emerging that connects the wearer to local fields where clothes are grown in a system that can last for countless generations into the future. Through a host of scientifically vetted soil carbon enhancing practices, our supply chains will create ‘climate beneficial’ clothing that will become the new standard. We envision a world looking to rapidly mitigate the effects of climate change where consumers, manufacturers, designers, and ecologists collectively rethink and reimagine the lifecycle of garments.
