Farmers are not being paid enough to take Canadian wool to market. Meet the folks who have figured out how to use “waste wool” to create jobs and a circular farming economy. Tyee senior editor andrea bennett reports for our What Works section. Published June 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/06/11/Turning-Waste-Wool-Clean-Fertilizer/

Shear Genius: Turning Waste Wool into Clean Fertilizer

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