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    Fashionable farming – the people growing their own clothes

    Jamie D'Souza
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    Reviving ancient industries in the modern day which can help the transition to more sustainable practices to service local needs. In this case the crop is flax, which is being made into linen in the British Isles, just as it once was. […]

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