Canflax

09/19/2025

09/18/2025

Rejoignez-nous le 27 Septembre à Autour du lin, notre culture, notre histoire

08/20/2025

A fun day helping pull some nice flax!

One of the critical skills that we have lost in Canada and Quebec is the mastery of field retting. And this is a service Canflax offers to farmers.

Instead of retting in a barrel with controlled conditions, which is impossible to scale, we rely on rain, dew, humidity, and moderate temperatures to slowly and gently rett the straw. What happens is that at the right temperature and humidity, the natural enzymes of the plant start eating the pectins that bind the lignins to the cellulose, separating the fibre from the shive (inner core), which is critical for extracting high quality fibres.

What we are seeking is an even and homogeneous retting, so we will constantly survey the field, and flip it when it is halfway done, and then, once ready bale it. More of an art than a science, retting is a skill that cannot be taught and can only be learned by doing. And that is why Canflax is here to help learn and transfer the skill, we understand that things take time, so the best time to start is now.

Then, we will bring samples to Groupe CTT for analysis!

05/17/2024

https://www.lebulletin.com/cultures/culture-du-lin-industriel-au-quebec-133522

Disparue depuis les années 1950, le potentiel de cette culture serait bel et bien présent dans un contexte mondial de forte demande.

08/17/2023

Late planting, but still, coming along nicely!

07/25/2023

First fields of fibre-flax in the eastern townships!

06/23/2023

https://youtu.be/5sFMVPsNsTk

Un film de Maurice Proulx, 1947.Voir la notice : http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2280552Visitez aussi la Collection numérique du portail Web de BAnQ...

06/06/2023

Today was the start of something interesting at CÉROM - Centre de recherche sur les grains !
Stay tuned!

Aujourd'hui était le début de quelque chose d'intéressant à CÉROM - Centre de recherche sur les grains
Restez à l'écoute!

06/06/2023

Last year at Les Argousiers Ste Christine
What an inspiration! Growing, harvesting, processing, spinning, weaving, and making clothing all from scratch! Look at the outfit!

L'année dernière chez Les Argousiers Ste ChristineQuelle inspiration ! Cultiver, récolter, transformer, filer, tisser et confectionner des vêtements à partir de rien ! Regardez le look !

06/06/2023

https://www.thecut.com/article/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-linen.html?fbclid=IwAR3UD5k2N9tahPYyG-o-EEK-IkcnKZ5JqAiIJd5r5hoOblawESuuAXGwrqk

A comprehensive guide to linen.