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The 501 at 150

"Plant-based 501’s are going to become a permanent offering...as Stony Creek Colors contributes dye made from indigo that was grown by farmers who are transitioning out of tobacco production, replacing the synthetic indigo typically used in jeans."

Becoming Part of the Denim Industry's Sustainable Toolbox

"Stony Creek Colors has become an industry darling for its efforts to scale natural indigo. The female-founded company produces the only 100% plant-based indigo dye certified by the USDA BioPreferred Program."

Investing in Natural Indigo at Scale

"LS&Co has made an equity investment in Stony Creek Colors as co-lead on its Series B2 funding round with Lewis & Clark AgriFood to advance and scale innovation in plant-based indigo. The investment represents a continued commitment to sustainable progress in the denim supply chain."

Sarah Bellos, founder and CEO of Stony Creek Colors contributes a Guest Comment

"Sarah Bellos, founder and CEO of Stony Creek Colors, says the industry has yet to meet the ultimate challenge, shifting to regenerative processes and materials instead of endlessly depleting finite resources."

Groundbreaking natural indigo innovation receives prestigious award at Milan Fashion Week 2022

"US purveyor of 100% plant-based indigo, Stony Creek Colors, wins the Groundbreaker Award at the 2022 Sustainble Fashion Awards in Partnership with Luxury Fabric partner, the Albini Group. "

Plant-based materials are a growing trend in the fashion industry, finds Dana Thomas

"Plants are the solution to many of our climate woes. Trees and bamboo absorb carbon in our air and store it in the soil. Composting vegetation provides natural fertiliser for crops. But what about plant-based fashion?"

Building Soil Health Through Innovation

"To make significant progress, we need to challenge the status quo by identifying solutions that will circumvent or disrupt roadblocks to large-scale change."

Plant-Based Indigo Presents a Solution for the Future of Denim Dyeing

"As part of the effort to reduce th number of potentially harmful chemicals in the denim supply chain, Fashion for Good is collaborating with Levi Strauss & Co. and Stony Creek Colors IndiGold™ plant-based pre-reduced indigo at scale."  

Stony Creek Colors Brings Natural Indigo Dye Direct to Consumers

"After more than 18-months of research and development, Stony Creek Colors introduces IndiGold, which the company said is the world’s first prereduced natural indigo liquid dye."

Stony Creek Colors Is Convincing Tobacco Farmers To Grow Indigo

“Stony Creek Colors is convincing farmers who used to grow tobacco to switch to indigo plants and selling the natural blue dye to fabric producers”

Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need

“The company grows indica in fields that once grew tobacco; the nontoxic dyes are used in high-end jeans from brands like J. Crew and Nudie.”

Meet the 2016 American Made Honoree Sarah Bellos

“American maker, Sarah Bellos of Stony Creek Colors, is devoted to making plant-based dyes on a commercial sale basis.”

Fixing fashion — brands swap synthetic for natural dyes

"Artisan labels have proven customers are ready to reject artificial and often harmful colourants. Now the industry must grow to scale."

Natural Indigo Maker Stony Creek Colors Raises $9M Series B

“The U.S. natural indigo supplier behind Cone Denim’s popular Natural Indigo Collection now has the seeds to accelerate growth.”

Women Are at the Forefront of the Fashion Revolution

“Pollution is the cheapest way to do business but [Stony Creek Colors] is trying to change that mindset.”

Is Natural Indigo More Sustainable than Synthetic?

“It may not be easy to scale natural indigo back up, but Stony Creek Colors in Tennessee is trying”

Our Jeans Are Ruining the Planet, But This Company Wants to Fix That

Stony Creek grows legumes, which pull nitrogen out of the air and put it into the soil, where future crops can use it to grow. (High nitrogen content is considered a sign of good soil health)"

How Stony Creek Colors Works with TN Farmers to Grow Indigo

"Instead of asking farmers to purchase expensive equipment upfront, Bellos’ team provides the seeds or seedlings, and the farmers plant and tend the fields."

Creating Sustainable, Renewable Dyes One Plant at a Time

“Stony Creek Colors sits on the cusp of a burgeoning desire to offer and promote more environmentally conscious fashion choices.”

This Tennessee startup is leading the denim industry’s green revolution

“The clothing that we wear and the colors that are part of our everyday life should be clean and nontoxic and from a transparent and traceable supply chain."

Natural Indigo is Back Thanks to Stony Creek Colors

“With a mindful, innovative approach, Stony Creek Colors developed the process and chemistry to create a bio-based indigo that can be seamlessly integrated into current fiber mill processes.”

A natural denim by way of Middle Tennessee

“Stony Creek Colors is pioneering a new strategy that relies on natural indigo plants grown in Middle Tennessee.”

True Blue

"Sarah Bellos’ vision of denim as a product that epitomises a modern America, rather than the mythical country of the past, is gathering momentum. Many new US-based boutique labels, from Tellason and Imogene + Willie to 3sixteen and one-man operation Roy Slaper, have built up a committed following over the last decade, while industry giant Levi Strauss seems to have executed a significant turnaround."

A Case for Natural Indigo

“Stony Creek is on a mission to see natural indigo represented in the market and work with mills to provide easy-to-implement solutions. They have built several innovations into the dye production process to minimize the batch-to-batch variation that’s typical with natural dyes.”  


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Investing in Natural Indigo at Scale

"LS&Co has made an equity investment in Stony Creek Colors as co-lead on its Series B2 funding round with Lewis & Clark AgriFood to advance and scale innovation in plant-based indigo. The investment represents a continued commitment to sustainable progress in the denim supply chain."

Sarah Bellos, founder and CEO of Stony Creek Colors contributes a Guest Comment

"Sarah Bellos, founder and CEO of Stony Creek Colors, says the industry has yet to meet the ultimate challenge, shifting to regenerative processes and materials instead of endlessly depleting finite resources."

Groundbreaking natural indigo innovation receives prestigious award at Milan Fashion Week

"US purveyor of 100% plant-based indigo, Stony Creek Colors, wins the Groundbreaker Award at the 2022 Sustainble Fashion Awards in Partnership with Luxury Fabric partner, the Albini Group. "

Plant-based materials are a growing trend in the fashion industry, finds Dana Thomas

"Plants are the solution to many of our climate woes. Trees and bamboo absorb carbon in our air and store it in the soil. Composting vegetation provides natural fertiliser for crops. But what about plant-based fashion?"

Stony Creek Colors Brings Natural Indigo Dye Direct to Consumers

"After more than 18-months of research and development, Stony Creek Colors introduces IndiGold, the world’s first pre-reduced indigo.

Stony Creek Colors Is Convincing Tobacco Farmers To Grow Indigo

“Stony Creek Colors is convincing farmers who used to grow tobacco to switch to indigo plants and selling the natural blue dye to fabric producers.”

Why Venture Capitalists Aren’t Funding The Businesses We Need

“The company grows indica in fields that once grew tobacco; the nontoxic dyes are used in high-end jeans.

Meet the 2016 American Made Honoree Sarah Bellos

“American maker, Sarah Bellos of Stony Creek Colors, is devoted to making plant-based dyes on a commercial sale basis.”

Natural Indigo Maker, Stony Creek Colors, Raises $9M in their Series B

“The U.S. natural indigo supplier behind Cone Denim’s popular Natural Indigo Collection now has the seeds to accelerate growth."

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Fixing fashion — brands swap synthetic for natural dyes

"Artisan labels have proven customers are ready to reject artificial and often harmful colourants. Now the industry must grow to scale and follow lead to meed customer demands.


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