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 ...

Merino wool comes from—you guessed it—merino sheep, and it's far softer and less itchy than many other wool fabrics. That, coupled with its temperature-regulating and moisture-wicking capabilities, ...

It’s farming’s version of the Bledisloe Cup – and a rural Australian family is beating New Zealand at its own game.

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, ...

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 ...

Julius Beukes, a well-known Dohne Merino breeder near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal, spoke to Magda du Toit about his production ...

Many great brands are born of frustration. In the case of Sheep Inc, that existential angst stems from the fact that the fashion industry is one of the world’s largest polluters. Hence, the ...

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 ...

Merino wool is a sustainable material when the sheep are treated well. Sheep Inc, short for Sheep Included, is transparent about its efforts to ensure their animals are: They allocate wearers a sheep ...