Here's a weird one for you: All the wool used to make mid to high-end suits comes from the descendants of just six sheep. It's like the evolutionary process, except for suits. Back in 1789, all the ...

The flock is a crossbreed of the Rambouillet sheep, a large, hardy breed that thrives in extreme climates and sparse forage conditions, and the Australian Merino, which is also reared in similar arid ...

PALMER — Karen Gardner keeps sheep to support her weaving habit. At Gardner's arrival in the family's Matanuska Colony barn on a windy night a few days before Thanksgiving, her flock comes running as ...

John Steitz and Carol Treadwell Steitz specialize in selling clean, colored merino wool to spinners all over the world. It’s a sustainable way to make a little extra money in their retirement years, ...

South African Merino wool thrives in global luxury markets thanks to centuries of selective breeding, environmental ...

Nearly every suit on the market today — especially in the high and mid-range area of the market — is made from wool shorn from the descendants of just four ewes and two rams. That's according to ...

Meet Sheep Inc., short for Sheep Included. No, it’s not a subscription service that sends you cattle you’re then required raise as your own, but rather another wool-derived brand focused on simple, ...

Editor's note: J. Kevin Graffagnino is executive director of the Vermont Historical Society. He is one of several guest writers filling in while Mark Bushnell takes a break from this column until July ...