“I want to encourage all the fiber artists and fiber and dye growers to keep doing what you’re doing, because we are the people who are bringing color to the world.”
—Keisha Cameron, High Hog Farm
After having grown up in New York, with its freezing winters, Keisha Cameron and her husband chose to put down roots just outside Atlanta, Georgia, where they could reconnect with the land and raise their young family. What began as a means of raising food and everyday necessities for their family has grown over the past decade into a farm known for its rare-breed Gulf Coast Native sheep, angora rabbits, chickens, and gardens filled with vegetables, medicinal herbs, and dye plants. As returning-generation farmers, the Camerons view themselves not only as producers but as caretakers of the land. And they love what they do.
Keisha uses fiber from the Gulf Coast Native sheep and angora rabbits that call High Hog Farm home.
Keisha’s exploration of natural dyes stems from her desire to rediscover the traditional ways of cultivating and using plants. Through years of cultivating indigo, madder, marigolds, and other dye plants, she has developed a deep appreciation for the many roles a single plant can play. As a cultural seedkeeper, she is committed to preserving a diversity of plant varieties while also reviving the knowledge surrounding their use. Today, High Hog Farm offers naturally dyed fibers, farm-grown dyestuffs, and educational workshops on fiber arts, photography, food preservation, growing your own home dye garden, and more.
Keisha has sampled different types of indigo, madder, marigolds, and a range of dyestuffs. The farm offers naturally dyed fibers as well as dyestuffs and classes in natural dyeing.
Her passion for sheep eventually led Keisha to Gulf Coast Natives, a rare heritage breed suited to the Southeastern climate and valued for its naturally colored fleeces. Being committed to every aspect of her animals’ lives, Keisha even learned the demanding skill of sheep shearing, recognizing that proper shearing is essential to the health and well-being of her flock.
In their gardens, the family cultivate produce as well as medicinal and dye plants.
The late-summer season is an especially exciting time at High Hog Farm—the dye gardens are at their peak, offering vibrant color from plants grown and harvested on the farm. The farm is also preparing for its 3-Day Indigo Immersion workshop with co-facilitator Britt Boles of Seaspell Fiber on October 9–11 (details can be found here) and launching several new offerings on their website in the coming weeks, including all-natural wool locs, Re'Ewe wool pellets, felting kits, farm-grown rovings, and natural dyes.
Keisha is also excited about the upcoming wool loc installation video with a local stylist and model, in partnership with bftn (Black Fiber Textile Network), with the wool loc product line launching on High Hog Farm’s website at the end of September.
Keisha is excited about the upcoming indigo immersion weekend in October 2026, which she describes as “a deeper look at the full arc of indigo: how it grows, how it transforms, how the vat is built and cared for, and how these traditions continue to breathe through shared practice, experimentation, and play.”
Learn more about their mission, tours, stays, workshops, classes, and other events by visiting their website at High Hog Farm.
Follow High Hog Farm on Instagram @highhogfarm.
Listen to the Long Thread podcast with Keisha Cameron.