• What is your approach to farming?

    Berry Mountain Color Farm is a regenerative farm rooted in permaculture principles and focused on farming at a human scale. We employ low-tillage approaches in our annual production beds and are in the process of planting an alley cropping system to incorporate a wider variety of trees and shrubs focused on the production of dyes, pigments, basketry materials, and other natural art materials.

  • Where do you source your fiber?

    We currently source our fiber through an online wholesaler who is able to offer 100% GOTS-certified organic merino wool yarn in both worsted and fingering weights. We are interested in building relationships with PA-based mills and fiber farms to source local yarn with a similar softness and structure; please reach out through our Contact page if you want to connect or share a suggestion for local resources.

  • What is a CSA?

    CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. A CSA share is a seasonal subscription to a farm’s products, whether that be vegetables, flowers, meat, or in this case, dye plants and naturally dyed fiber.

  • How colorfast are your dyes?

    All of our fibers are carefully scoured and mordanted before dyeing to ensure evenness of color and improve colorfastness. However, all natural dyes will fade and age with time, wear, sun exposure, and repeated washes. This is part of the beauty of working with naturally dyed fiber—it is dynamic, ever-changing. Each skein is unique and each finished garment or art piece will continue to develop its own unique character with time.

  • What mordants do you use?

    We mordant protein fibers with aluminum potassium sulfate and cellulose based fibers with aluminum acetate or soy milk depending on the fiber and application.

  • How do I sign up for a share?

    Please visit the online farm store to sign up for a share for yourself or to gift a share to someone else.