Eco-sustainability/1
Restoring fine wool from sheep farms in Italy
Objective: "0-Impact" on the environment
Since the early 60’s, due to more competitive costs of the south american and australian products, all italian sheep farms progressively stopped producing fine wool for clothing from their selected flocks.
This made those woolgrowers totally loose the control on the quality of their wool production and consequently being dropped by the main wool merchants and wholesalers.
As a result almost all sheep-shearing in Italy is wasted, because it is no longer economically viable.
Fortex, following its firm aim to pursue an "eco-friendly" way to produce fabrics, has started a joint venture with a local yarn spinning manufacturer.
The project is to give an incentive to a number of small farms in the south of Italy, to start selecting againg the sheeps, in order to restore a substantial production of fine italian wool, and bring back at least a part of its wool sourcing on our local territory.
Reducing wool importations will bring sensible improvements to the environment in terms of energy saving (reduction of CO2 emissions), no waste of fibres, and restoration of eco-friendly italian agricolture and farming traditions..
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