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      • Goats
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        • Cashmere Goats
        • Pygora
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        • Cormo
        • Cotswold
        • Crosses
        • CVM/Romeldale
        • Dorset
        • East Friesian
        • Finnsheep
        • Hog Island
        • Icelandic
        • Jacob
        • Leicester Longwool
        • Lincoln Longwool
        • Merino
        • Navajo Churro
        • Romney
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        • Tunis
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  • Fashion,  LocalFiber,  Marketing,  Research

    Wool Meets Fast Fashion Part 2

    Sustainability = Marketability Last week, in Wool Meets Fast Fashion Part 1,  I shared quite a few disturbing tidbits, from fast fashion’s destructive advertising campaigns to humans pooping plastic. Now that the full…

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  • Fashion,  LocalFiber,  Marketing,  Research

    Wool Meets Fast Fashion

    As environmental crises penetrate more global communities, concerned citizens are looking for ways to act responsibly. Despite all the good that comes from embracing LED lightbulbs and rejecting single use plastic bags, a…

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  • LocalFiber,  Research,  SARE(ONE18-321),  SupplyChain

    What is LocalFiber – Part 4

    Choosing Our First Initiative In ‘What is LocalFiber – Part 3‘ I described how we came up with a list of potential solutions from previously identified high-priority needs (‘What is LocalFiber – Part…

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  • Adventures,  LocalFiber

    LocalFiber Goes to the 3rd Annual HV Textile Summit

    An early start to the day Just before 6 am on Wednesday, March 20th Meg, from Wolftree Farm, messaged “On my way, want anything from Wegmans?” I had picked up snacks the night…

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  • Farmer Voices,  LocalFiber

    ALPACAS: It’s all about the FIBER!

    Part 2: Post-2008 Alpaca Breeding: Value correction and the road toward FOCUS ON FIBER! Why did the Alpaca’s “Rare and Exotic” status continue for so long? In 2003, when alpacas entered my life,…

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  • Farmer Voices,  LocalFiber

    Stories from Lochan Mor Farm: The Leicester Longwools

    While winter winds and snow continue with a vengeance, lambing here at Lochan Mor Farm has begun.  Every spring my husband scolds me over the timing of when the lambs and kids (baby…

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  • LocalFiber,  Research,  SARE(ONE18-321),  SupplyChain

    What is LocalFiber – Part 3

    In my previous blog post Identifying Needs in the Local Fiber Community, I talked about how the LocalFiber community worked together to identify the collective needs of our regional fiber producing community. Now I…

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  • Farmer Voices,  LocalFiber

    ALPACAS: It’s all about the FIBER!

    Part I: A brief (and somewhat surprising) history of the Alpaca and the U.S. Alpaca Industry Where on earth did these Cutie-Pies come from? There is evidence that alpacas have been around for…

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  • LocalFiber,  Research,  SARE(ONE18-321),  SupplyChain

    What is LocalFiber – Part 2: Identifying Needs in the Local Fiber Community

    Small flock fiber farmers throughout the northeast face numerous hurdles in getting their fiber to market. One of the primary goals of LocalFiber is to bring the Finger Lakes and CNY fiber farming…

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  • Marketing,  Research

    NYS Fiber Farmers Make their Mark on Etsy

    The e-commerce platform Etsy is a space where NY Fiber Farmers are finding a market. In my interviews with New York fiber farmers, reaching a broader market was often part of the conversation.…

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