‘Wouldn’t it be amazing if we employed more people making clothes and textiles right here in western Massachusetts?” asks Lisa Fortin, founder of Bloom Woolen Yarns in Ashfield. “Working on the land with animals, designing things in fiber mills .
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There are potato farmers and poultry farmers, but have you ever heard of a sweater farmer? That’s how Atlas Farms’ assistant manager Lisa Fortin describes herself and her four kids. Fortin has launched Bloom Woolen Yarns, which sells locally made yarn.