RFSI Webinar - The Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber, Textiles, and Leather
The Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber, Textiles, and Leather
An RFSI Webinar
Presented by Sarah R. Kelley, Principal of Common Threads Consulting, and including three panelists presenting unique case studies
January 27, 2021
1:00 – 2:30 ET
COMPLIMENTARY - Registration Required
Like food, fiber crops are part of an interconnected agricultural system that impacts health, social justice, and the environment. These familiar yet often overlooked agricultural products include plant-based fibers like cotton, hemp, and flax and animal-based products like wool, alpaca, and leather.
Sarah Kelley will introduce her new report, “The Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber, Textiles, and Leather,” which examines the interconnected impacts of the current textile industry and the opportunities for funders and investors to be part of the growing revitalization of just and equitable U.S-based fiber production. This webinar will feature three of the case studies that Sarah presents in her report, demonstrating the powerful opportunities that U.S. fiber system businesses have to scale their work with added funding and investment.
About Sarah R. Kelley
Sarah R. Kelley is the Principal of Common Threads Consulting, working with funders and investors to provide strategy development, research, impact assessment, and facilitation. She serves as Consultant/Project Director to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for its Special Project on Sustainable Fiber and Textiles, and she is the author of “The Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber, Textiles, and Leather”, along with her colleagues Jenny O'Connor and Calla Rose Ostrander. Other recent work includes interview-driven analysis for the Guidelight Strategies/Patagonia regenerative agriculture landscape assessment, with a focus on racial equity in regenerative ag, and strategy development for a family foundation seeking to defend environmental health progress from libertarian and corporate influence. She was selected as a 2018-19 RSF Integrated Capital Fellow, focusing on integrating investment and grant-making strategies to drive change.
Previously, Sarah served for 10 years as Senior Program Officer at Island Foundation, where she directed the Environment portfolio and managed $1.2 million in annual grants. In that role she developed and implemented a program on equity, inclusion, and environmental justice, including an innovative cohort-based model for grantee equity training. She is a Board member and Treasurer of New England Grassroots Environment Fund, where she supports the Grassroots Fund’s innovative participatory grant-making model. Sarah holds an M.S. in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a B.A. in History from Yale.
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