Thank You !

Pathways to Prosperity

We are grateful to Pathways to Prosperity (PP)  for an initial grant of $4,000 that helped us launch our non-profit, Great Lakes Natural Fibers, Inc.  Funded by USDA-AFRI, PP is a national USDA research and Extension project examining how rural communities use public-private collaborations to create rural wealth through food and agriculture.  The project is a partnership between The Ohio State University, Colorado State University and American Farmland Trust.

USDA OMDG grant

 We are grateful to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Organic Marketing and Development Grant for funding the purchase of equipment necessary to produce wool pellets and felted wool products.  Funding for our project titled  "The use of wool as a natural alternative to synthetic weed barriers, a replacement for peat, vermiculite and perlite ingredients in organic potting mixes, and a medium for seed germination" was made possible by a grant/cooperative agreement from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA. To view the 2024 awards click here.