When people think about Scotland’s great natural resources, they often think of our renewable energy, our stunning landscapes ...

Wool has become the latest product to be officially branded as coming from Scotland. Joining the likes of whisky, lamb and salmon, Scottish wool now has its own logo and certification to protect it ...

Say you were the third generation of a farming family in the southwest of Scotland, and you intended to build a new farmhouse that made a statement about resource consumption. Building an ...

Research project hopes to help coarser fleece from hill-farmed flocks compete with imported merino and cashmere In a laboratory in Edinburgh, carefully selected enzymes are right now breaking down a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Michelle Locke, The Associated Press ABERLOUR, Scotland — Forget the three Rs. I went to Speyside, Scotland’s “single-malt capital of the world,” to brush ...

Aiden Walsh of Texacloth announced ambitious plans to buy more Scottish wool this season at a press conference in Edinburgh yesterday. Texacloth is one of two Irish wool merchants buying British wool ...

Looking out the window at the sleet that is bouncing off the ground today, I’m feeling rather sorry for our Texel sheep that are looking pretty drookit out there. However, I know that if I popped my ...

Prices for Scottish wool have fallen dramatically due to the impact of "fast fashion" and the Covid pandemic. The "wool cheque" - money paid to farmers and crofters for their produce - once covered ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) are calling on consumers to ditch wool, claiming that sheep face “pain and abuse” from birth. The campaign, fronted by Hollywood actress Alicia ...

ABERLOUR, Scotland — Forget the three Rs. I went to Speyside, the region known as Scotland’s “single-malt capital of the world,” to brush up on the three Ws: whiskey, wool and walking. Striding beside ...