About the Project

Medi-Flax is an ambitious project aiming to assess whether a local soil-to-soil natural fibre textile economy, specifically the production of bast fibre such as flax, could provide linen textiles useful for healthcare. Today, textiles made from petrochemical-derived fibres and dyes or from water-intensive cotton are extensively used in hospitals.

We are developing a suite of open-source machinery for farm-scale textile processing, which includes building, testing, prototyping, and sharing these designs in an open way. This approach ensures that the designs are available for modification and redistribution. Ultimately, this project connects regenerative agriculture to garment production, enabling the bio-regional production of natural fibre yarn. Together with our collaborators across the country, we aim to build a soil-to-soil textile economy in the UK.