Rebecca Burgess, Executive Director of Fibershed, has been stimulating change in local communities through marketing and incentive programs to promote regenerative agriculture. The results have been inspiring - mills are opening, and regional interest in local and sustainable textiles has boomed.

Rebecca is bringing her experience and expertise to discuss how farmers and ranchers can use the disruption of COVID-19 as a catalyst for their farm and ranch businesses by implementing regenerative practices.

Fibershed's mission is to develop regional and regenerative fiber systems, incorporating carbon farming while strengthening sustainable regional economics and textile communities. Rebecca is also Chair of the Board for Carbon Cycle Institute, an author and an instructor at Westminster College and Harvard University with over a decade of experience writing and implementing hands-on curriculum about the intersection of restoration ecology and fiber systems.