Come join us August 21, 12-1pm for a presentation by Kidder V Gowen, co-owner & operator of Aquidneck Island, RI’s Hawk & Handsaw Farm, on the current state of the flax and linen industry in North America.
Kidder’s talk is based on 8 years of hands on experience growing, researching, and connecting with industry leaders specifically on flax for fiber as well as its abundant co-products. We will take a look into the current work and offerings conducted by Hawk & Handsaw Farm and their grant partners with some brief history and facts about flax, its uses and also incredible potential. Also in discussion will be the roll of other flax partners (growers, producers, and consumers) nationally and globally.
Join us to learn about this extraordinary, sustainable, bast fiber and where you might fit into the exciting flax movement!
ABOUT
Farmer Kidder is an artist, crafter, community organizer and consistent learner. They have held a 15 year long career as a plants person in New England.
Starting with a 4 year, high school, horticultural studies internship, with real world hands on experience, in Newport, RI., post graduation their career expanded to personally offer garden and landscape consultation, installation, and maintenance for large to small scale clients. This time period included a 4 year full time position as assistant Head Gardener at a diverse and intensively planted private estate & arboretum, on The Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI.
Kidder has also collected a degree in culinary arts (2013), certificates of herbalism, nutrition and health, and is always continuing their education as a plants person. Kidder along with their partner, Horus, created Hawk & Handsaw Farm in 2016. They offer a wide variety of regeneratively grown vegetables & herbs as well as a personal collection of native ecotype nursery crops endemic to Rhode Island. They also provide community educational opportunities and events on their farm.