In Rural Humboldt County, a Wool Mill Revives a Lost Fiber Economy

FERNBRIDGE, Calif. – Last October, Cate Edwards received a text message from a blocked number. “You need to contact this number,” the message read. “He can help. We need the mill here. It’s his personal phone. I can’t tell you who I am.” Cate and her husband Shawn had recently moved from Kentucky to open