IN WILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A LOCAL COUPLE IS RETURNING TO THE NEW ENGLAND TRADITION OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION, ALBEIT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. WE TAKE IN WOOL FROM CUSTOMERS, USUALLY PEOPLE WHO RAISE THE ...

The textile and meat-processing industries produce billions of tons of waste annually in the form of feathers, wool and hair, all of which are rich in keratin—the strong, fibrous protein found in hair ...