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Fibershed Project: The 150 Mile Wardrobe

Photo: Fibershed Three years ago we covered The Hundred Mile Suit , where 92% of a man’s outfit was created from materials and production sourced from a radius of 100 miles. The project’s designer, Kelly Cobb, said at the time: “If we worked on it for a year and a half, I think we could have eliminated that 8 percent.” Now, the Fibershed Project is experimenting with the concept once more, and they seem to taken on board Kelly’s hint, for they’ve widen their scope to fibres sourced from within 150 miles, and given the project a one year time-frame. But w… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Will Slaughtermobiles Send Industrial Killing Floors To The Gut Pile Of History?

Image credit: mobileslaughter.com When I was kid in Wisconsin every self-respecting city had it’s own brewery, and a “soda pop” bottler, and an actual butcher. At the largest scale, slaughtery achieved regional prominence – Green Bay Packers got their name from meat packing for example – and farm markets were how you got truly fresh produce. So began the Baby Boom. The succeeding half-century, eliminating local supply chains through industrial consolidation, saw the death of most local food and beverage producers. Meat included. Now, thankfully, there are signs of cre… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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