Carbon Farming
Our greatest hope for a healthy future.
Climate Beneficial™, verified by Fibershed.
Our clothing, when constructed with natural fibers, can be a carbon sink.
Natural fibers like wool, cotton, alpaca, and flax linen can be grown and raised in ways
that maximize the drawdown of carbon from the atmosphere to help restore ecosystem health and stabilize our climate.
Fibershed’s Climate Beneficial™ Verification program and label supports farmers and ranchers in landscape level stewardship that centers the work to build healthy soil. We focus on engaging producers and developing financial and technical support to enhance the drawdown of carbon from the atmosphere.
By connecting fiber producers with designers and markets that value ecosystem services,
we can grow materials and supply chains rooted in verified practices that
Increase Soil Organic Carbon levels
Enhance biodiversity by providing habitat for pollinators, birds, and many species
Improve the water-holding capacity of the soil
Restore healthy ecosystems, from the soil microbiome to nutrient cycles
Provide measurable climate benefits, quantified by open-source data tools
The North Face’s Cali Wool Collection features
Climate Beneficial™ Wool in their knit & woven products.
How Our Practice-Based Verification Works—
Climate Beneficial fiber production regenerates working landscapes through the implementation of carbon farming.
Fibershed designed the Climate Beneficial Verification to support and increase adoption of carbon farming practices on fiber and dye producing landscapes.
We work directly with producers in Northern California to provide education and support for adopting practices
We verify carbon farming practices every year on participating producer landscapes
We partner with agriculture experts to develop Carbon Farm Plans for participating producers
We develop markets for Climate Beneficial Verified fiber by sharing educational information with the public, with fashion and textile designers and brands, and by connecting producers to buyers
We expand support for producers to activate carbon farming practices by working with policymakers, connecting producers to public funding, and raising and issuing funds directly through the Carbon Farm Seed Fund
We focus our verification process within the Northern California Fibershed, and we collaborate with peer communities through our Fibershed Affiliate Network to develop place-based verification systems
