Fibres from poisonous weed used to make 'vegan wool'

Chris McLennan
Updated February 18 2021 - 1:19pm, first published 8:00am
WOOL OR WEED: Fibres taken from a weed on the left are being compared as the vegan equivalent of wool, traditionally shorn from a sheep on the right.
WOOL OR WEED: Fibres taken from a weed on the left are being compared as the vegan equivalent of wool, traditionally shorn from a sheep on the right.

Fibres spun from a poisonous weed are being sold overseas as vegan wool.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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