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 ...

Carol and John Steitz of Steitzhof Merinos on Friday, Sept. 23. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Merino sheep at Steitzhof Merinos on Friday, Sept. 23. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Merino sheep at ...

Set in the heart of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region, Prospect Pastoral is a regenerative wool and wheat farm that stands out against the harsh, brittle landscape in which it sits. Bordered by ...

DISCOVERY ALONG THE WAY. IN WILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A LOCAL COUPLE IS RETURNING TO THE NEW ENGLAND TRADITION OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION. ALL, BE IT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. WE TAKE IN WOOL FROM CUSTOMERS.

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 ...

David Bain with his daughter Katherine. Katherine will run the family Merino sheep farm in Stockyard Hill near Ballarat. 20th December 2017. The Age Fairfaxmedia News Picture by JOE ARMAO Bain family ...