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

Modern Farmer

Both durable and efficient, with no need for farmland or vast amounts of water, it threatened to leave natural fibers like cotton in the dust. Cheap and easy to make, it’s still the fastest-growing group of fibers used to manufacture garments. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7 What’s the solution?

Textiles 101
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PARALLEL ECONOMIES - AGRICULTURE

The Lunatic Farmer

We’ve spent a couple of generations exiting historically normal tasks and behavior, from integrating livestock and crops, growing gardens, buying locally and cultivating domestic culinary arts. That’s farmland, equipment, and buildings. We even abandoned breast feeding our babies for a couple of decades. Isn’t that beautiful?