Maria Benjamin
2024
Maria runs ethical businesses utilising farm commodities from her partner’s farm in the Lake District. Including The Soap Dairy, utilising their Jersey cow milk, Lake District Tweed, using wool sourced from within the different Lake District valleys and The Wool Library, bringing farming closer to fashion.
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More than a By-Product: Reviving British Markets for British Wool
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India Hamilton
How do we move from a position where wool is considered a by-product (or even a waste product) of the meat industry to one where it is valued as a co-product or crop? What changes need to be made in the current system and infrastructure to create a buoyant market for wool in the UK? […]