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Trade loophole battering U.S. textile industry

Western FarmPress

A loophole allowing small textile and apparel imports is hurting the U.S. textile industry.

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PFAS: Behind the Label

Modern Farmer

This list from PFAS Central is a good source for outdoor gear, apparel, kitchenware and more. Know the laws where you live More than a dozen states have passed some kind of legislation restricting the use of PFAS in consumer products such as foods, packaging, apparel and carpeting.

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Does the Future of Textiles Include Fermented Fashion?

Modern Farmer

Asiah Brazil-Geyshick, an Ojibwe student studying apparel, textiles and design at the University of Idaho, saw a pair of moccasins, a medicine bag and a wallet, all of which she hand-stitched from dried kombucha SCOBY, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. Kombucha is widely consumed as a fermented, effervescent tea.

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Are Next-Gen Synthetic Fibers the Future of Sustainable Textiles?

Modern Farmer

When it comes to spinning, according to Bloom Labs , costs can be two to three times higher than with oil-based yarns because the melt-spun machines used by the apparel industry don’t work with these fledgling fibers. The manufacture of next-gen fibers requires giant fermentation vats and skilled workers.

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20 Sustainable Sips to Cheer For

Food Tank

Patagonia Provisions Partner Breweries, United States Patagonia Provisions , the outdoor apparel brand’s food and beverage business, is partnered with 11 breweries across the U.S. for a new beer initiative. Patagonia tasked each brewery to create a new beer made with Kernza ®.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

Such had been the overall trend since the 1990s, when Walmart began rapidly opening what it dubbed “Supercenters,” and applied the same mantra that fueled its original success in electronics, apparel, and home goods to groceries: the lowest prices, all the time.