For generations, wool was a trusty European staple. But with the rise — and rise — of cheap synthetic materials, wool’s being pushed out. The knock-on effect has been that wool’s gone from being a valuable resource to a waste by-product for cheese and meat-producing sheep farmers. Reporter Dany Mitzman from our partners at Deutsche Welle, DW, has the story.
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