From sheep to shop: A Vermont sweater company fights fast fashion
Muriel’s of Vermont is a mother-and-son garment business based out of a makeshift workshop in Grand Isle.
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Muriel's of Vermont: From farm to closet
Muriel’s of Vermont: From farm to closet
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Vermont clothing company utilizes 'farm to closet' initiative
There’s the farm-to-table movement, and now, the farm-to-closet movement. It’s the idea of knowing exactly where your clothes come from. The clothing company Muriel’s of Vermont, based out of Grand Isle, makes sweaters and summer knits out of yarn sheared from local sheep in an effort to support Vermont farmers who help filter carbon with rotational grazing. Sign up for our Newsletters “You can have a highly processed sweater that’s been...
Source: msn.com
VT Sierra Club hosts Vermont Transit Equity Day conversations and awards
The Mountain Times Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m.—On Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m., the Vermont Sierra Club, with support from Transportation for Vermonters and the Vermont Natural Resources Council, will be hosting a virtual Transit Equity Day celebration promoting public transit as a civil right and effective means of combating climate change. The Vermont Sierra Club is joining this day of action on Feb. 4 by hosting its first-ever Transit Equity Awards, a Transit Equity Day virtual conversatio...
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Source: mountaintimes.info