Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

Textiles are a major source of microplastics in the ocean, where they weave their way into the food chain, causing untold harms to marine life. There is nowhere near enough fiber recycling infrastructure in the US, where 85 percent of used clothes and other textiles get sent to the landfill. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

I had to rely on others to eat, and it was really difficult,” says Bista, who is one of six refugee farmers employed by New Leaf Agriculture, a 20-acre organic operation located in Manor, Texas. In Congo, the seeds are bigger, so we just plant them in the ground. Wikongo and Bista oversee the farm crew.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But the varieties now springing up in places that have long been dominated by corn, wheat and soybeans aren’t meant to be used for seed. Demand is on the rise for sustainably made clothing and other textiles. “People who are working in textiles want [linen],” says Barr. “It’s It all starts with education, says Barr.

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Sustainable Harvest International

APRIL 22, 2022

SHI partnering farmer Abrahan Oviedo Flores and his son are sowing the seeds of hardwood trees that will be used to reforest their land in the El Chaparral community of Meámbar, Honduras. “ And we haven’t even started to discuss the terrible working conditions in textile sweatshops worldwide. Instead, U.S.

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