It was once the fabric of choice for millions but will wool survive among a world of synthetic offerings? Farmers and experts focused on the fibre believe it can flourish with a little help. A ...

One farmer’s practice of burning the wool shaved off her sheep has churned up “shear” madness, as media outlets like the BBC have reported she did so to protest ultra-low wool prices paid out to ...

Farmers are burning hundreds of sheep fleeces after complaining about the prices offered by British Wool. British Wool, formerly British Wool Marketing Board, which has 35,000 farmer members - is the ...

Like most ranchers, wool growers who produce fleeces for the handspun fiber market spend a lot of time mending fences, pitching alfalfa and cleaning out water troughs. They also spend hours washing ...

Learn about small-scale wool processing and how to process raw wool and fleece by caring for and storing it correctly. Once you become a shepherd for sheep, goats, or other fiber animals, you’ll have ...

A Welsh farmer torched hundreds of 'worthless' sheep fleeces in protest at rock-bottom wool prices after the pandemic saw the market for the natural material sink to 'diabolical' lows. He piled up 800 ...

A coffin, handbags, pet rugs and digitally printed fabrics made from wool are among exhibits that feature in Wool Expo 2013 that takes to the road this month. A partnership between the Campaign for ...

It’s common knowledge: We have a plastic problem. At this point, we’re oozing one trillion pounds of plastic annually yet we’re showing no signs of stopping. In fact, plastic waste is projected to ...