Photos courtesy of Reimers Seed Co., Carrington, N.D. Linseed oil is an important ingredient in oil-based paint. But oil-based paint, once common, now is far less popular than latex-based paint, said ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Flax harvest is underway in Manitoba. Early yields are running 30 to 35 bushels per acre, and quality is good. Flax markets in Western Canada have dried up in the past two months.

Flax was the main fiber in colonial America. Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum grows flax and needs help with the harvest. The historic site in Manheim Township will have a flax pulling party ...

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 ...

Alvin Ulrich evaluates historic linen samples made from Oregon-grown flax at the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem, Ore. SALEM, Ore. — Over the past 70 years, fiber flax, once a major crop in the ...

Spencer Marchand and Dakota Linen Co. aim to boost local agriculture and sustainability, bring new market opportunities to ...

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 ...

Self-confessed "flax nut" Kathy Kirwan says she has fallen in love with the "circular" nature of the plant [BBC] Flax once defined Northern Ireland, with a thriving linen industry. But changing ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Flax has mostly been harvested and, as usual, there are few quality issues. Total Canadian production should be more than 600,000 metric tons. Canadian flax production is ...

MINSK, 21 August (BelTA) - There are good prospects for raising the efficiency of the flax growing industry, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said during the visit to the republican unitary ...