Farmers in a state of flax

Farmers in a state of flax - 1998 - Guardian 19 May 1998, 21(1) .

A Cornwall-based partnership is setting up a mill to process flax straw into linen fibre for the textile market. Turning fields over to growing flax is a possible solution for those hit by the slump in beef and dairy farming.


CORNWALL
DAIRY FARMING
DIVERSIFICATION
FARMING
FLAX
LINEN
SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
TEXTILE INDUSTRY