Indigo won’t make the farmers as much money as tobacco, but it’s so much easier, said Stony Creek founder Sarah Bellos. Sarah Bellos speaks at the ribbon cutting of the new Stony Creek Colors ...

Stony Creek Colors' Sarah Bellos is convincing tobacco farmers to grow indigo instead ... We have an 80,000-square-foot factory in Springfield, Tenn., in a pretty highly distressed economic zone.

Harsh working conditions in indigo fields and factories led to the Indigo Revolt of 1859, a key step in India's independence movement. The British owner of this factory can be seen standing ...

The British owner of this factory can be seen standing between two tanks, wearing a white pith helmet. After 1900 synthetic indigo took the place of the natural dye.