A community project in Totnes is hoping to revive local production of textiles by encouraging people to grow flax in their gardens and allotments. Totnes Grows Flax is working with Transition Town ...

Is flaxseed the new wonder food? Preliminary studies show that it may help fight heart disease, diabetes and breast cancer. Flaxseed was cultivated in Babylon as early as 3000 BC. In the 8th ...

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 31, No. 3 (May, 1917), pp. 500-529 (30 pages) The old culture and the new, 500.--The two groups of products, 501.--European fiber culture, 504.--Modern ...