Building Local Economy & Stabilizing the Climate

Fibershed’s textile economy network is based in carbon farming practices that capture atmospheric carbon and store it in the soil. Through increasing soil carbon levels in our soils, a regenerative fertility cycle is catalyzed, and a climate-friendly life-promoting economy begins.

Resilience In Practice
Re-integrating Animals into Cropping Systems

Intensifying wildfires are putting communities and climate goals at risk, but there is hope on the horizon: what if California embraced enhanced agroecological practices to eliminate catastrophic fire, draw down atmospheric carbon, and support livelihoods, all while producing the material goods we eat, wear, drink, and enjoy?
Resilience In Practice, a new short film by Fibershed made in association with Soil Centric, shows how it’s already possible -- and happening, thanks to those practicing the re-integration of animals into cropping systems, including Kaos Sheep Outfit, Tablas Creek Vineyard, Kirabo Pastures, the Grazing School of the West, True Grass Farms, and the Gaudin Lab at UC Davis. From young agrarians in coastal vineyards to ranchers who have been supporting agroforestry systems for decades, our new short film, Resilience in Practice provides inspiring case studies for meeting our food, clothing, and climate needs through integrated crop and livestock systems.