Stephen Tricks
2024
Stephen Tricks and his wife, Sarah, have been running a flock of Portland sheep on their smallholding in west Hertfordshire since 1999. Stephen has been a committee member of the Portland Sheep Breeders Group for many years and was chair of PSBG from 2020 to 2023. In the past two years he has worked with Maria Benjamin from The Wool Library on a project to promote the use of pure Portland wool for high quality throws and tweed.
My Sessions
More than a By-Product: Reviving British Markets for British Wool
Maria Benjamin
Lesley Mitchell
Jennifer Hunter
Stephen Tricks
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? […]