{"id":407131,"date":"2023-09-21T23:03:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natissea.com\/?p=407131"},"modified":"2023-09-21T23:03:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:03:44","slug":"lavancee-des-filieres-chanvre-et-lin-biologique-en-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natissea.com\/en\/actualites\/lavancee-des-filieres-chanvre-et-lin-biologique-en-france\/","title":{"rendered":"The progress of the organic hemp and linen sectors in France"},"content":{"rendered":"

For several years at Natissea<\/a> We are closely monitoring the progress of the French organic hemp and linen sectors because our main goal is to offer the most ecological, local and healthy yarn possible. If knitting and DIY have made a strong comeback in recent years, it is also due to the growing need to source materials ourselves and to know exactly what goes into our products, cosmetics and clothing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four years ago, I attended this interprofessional meeting organized by the organic flax and hemp association in Normandy. At the time, I was certain I would find French hemp and flax suppliers there! I was stunned to learn that these sectors had completely disappeared in the 1980s with the advent of synthetic fibers. Even though France remained one of the largest flax producers, the know-how for the processing stages had been completely lost, and we were then unable to spin these fibers in France. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flax production in France was well established, but the harvests were then sent to China or, at best, to Eastern European countries to be processed (scutched and spun) before returning to France. An ecological aberration like so many others in modern industry. Hemp for textile use, for its part, was no longer even cultivated; there were only a few isolated trials carried out by students in agricultural high schools. Reindustrialization was possible, but it would take time because the machines were very expensive and subsidies for this market were nonexistent. I left Normandy with little hope and a feeling of injustice. How could the state finance polluting fiber industries and lobbies and leave the last producers and spinners of flax and hemp alone in the face of such a large-scale relocation project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I left Normandy with little hope and a sense of injustice. How could the state finance polluting fiber industries and lobbies while leaving the last producers and spinners alone in the face of such a large-scale relocation project?<\/p>\nMatilda<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Organic Linen and Hemp Association was created in June 2013. It is made up of several members such as producers, farmers, processors of organic linen and hemp, entrepreneurs, and even... eco-friendly knitting brands \ud83d\ude09.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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