Episode 204: Solutionist – Sarah Bellos
Sarah Bellos is the founder and CEO of Stony Creek Colors, the world’s only certified 100 percent plant-based indigo dye manufacturer. A graduate of the Cornell University Agriculture School with a degree in Natural Resources Management, Sarah has 15-plus years of leadership experience, having previously managed a textile dye house, small farms, and worked across food and agriculture sectors. Sarah is a recognized leader in research efforts to bring plant-based colorant production to farmers in the Southeastern U.S. as a way to ultimately replace harmful synthetic dyes in the denim industry and artisan dyer community. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards including: Inc. Magazine Top 100 Female Founders, the Young Entrepreneur Award by the AATCC, a Martha Stewart American Made Awardee, the Tennessee feature for Fast Company’s “United States of Innovation”, and most recently a 2021 Rivet 50 Honoree for Most Influential People in Denim.
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BLUE CAST by TENCEL™, a podcast series created on Carved in Blue by the TENCEL™ denim team sharing in-depth talks to the denim community at large, and the Fashion Impact Fund, a charitable fund supporting women entrepreneurs to accelerate the fashion industry’s transition to an ecosystem that values people and planet, have collaborated on a special edition five-part podcast series named ‘Solutionist’ in honor of Women’s History Month.