Where Does Your Clothing Come From?
Farm and Mill Tour

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 11:00am – 2pm
OR
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 11:00am – 2pm

Long Way Homestead, Ste. Genevieve, MB

Join us for a day on the farm and learn about textile agriculture:

Learn how wool is harvested and spun into yarn for clothing. 

Tour the woolen mill.

Get hands-on and naturally dye some fabric or yarn in Manitoba grown Indigo. 

Explore our local clothing supply chain, and meet the sheep that grow your wool!

Meet new homeschooling friends.

All Ages Welcome
$9 per person or $26 per family (4 people max per family)
Kids 3 and under are free
(pay what you can available upon request – email [email protected])

Starts at 11 am. Bring a lunch and stay to visit.

Space is limited. You must register to attend.

A few details:

-If you wish to do the hands-on dye activity, please bring a t-shirt, bandanna, wool yarn, or other natural fibre (cotton, linen, hemp, wool, alpaca only) to dip in an indigo vat.

-This is an outdoor event. There will be canopy tents to keep out the rain or sunshine, but there are no indoor facilities. We recommend footwear appropriate to the weather (rain boots if its rainy or running shoes).

-Please bring a water bottle and your own lunch.

-There is an outhouse on site.

–Here is what can be expected re accessibility at Long Way Homestead. The driveway, walkways, dye studio and outdoor workshops spaces are a mix of grass and gravel with some bumpy terrain and accessible by wheelchair. The outhouse, indoor studio space and wool mill all have one step access and not wheelchair accessible. They are working to build wheelchair accessibility into the entire farm, mill and field school.

Questions: [email protected]