by American Wool | Jan 9, 2025 | Ranching, Sheep, small business
Jorgiea Raftopoulous epitomizes the evolving role of women in ranching. At the Two Bar Sheep Ranch in Craig, Colorado, Jorgiea is a key player in her family’s sheep operation. Her contributions blend traditional duties with modern practices, as evident in her energetic social media videos that showcase a real life window into a working ranch.
by American Wool | Aug 7, 2024 | Design, Fashion, Fashion Design, Sheep, wool
Fashion design student premiers American wool knitwear design at the Met Gala in New York City
by American Wool | Oct 9, 2022 | community, Sheep, wool
How the Rainbow Fiber Co-Op is protecting the culture surrounding the Navajo-Churro sheep — and the Nation with whom their past and future are so deeply intertwined. To understand the Navajo’s deep interconnection with, and reverence for, the Navajo-Churro sheep one...
by American Wool | Aug 8, 2022 | community, Outdoors, Sheep, wool
How “Wooly weeders” are proving more ecological and economical than mowers and herbicides.
by American Wool | Jan 29, 2021 | Dogs, Livestock Guardian Dogs, Sheep
WHY LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOGS DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF A FLOCK, THEY JUST THINK OF SHEEP. BUT IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU’LL SPOT A FEW LARGE WHITE-COATED CANINES positioned CALMLY AT THE CENTER. When most people think of a flock, they just...
by American Wool | Dec 10, 2020 | Shearing, Sheep, wool
Sheep Shearing. The World's Oldest and Most Misunderstood Dance “A necessary evil. That’s how some people see us,” says Katie, one of the founding partners of Right Choice Shearing, a North Texas shearing company she and partner Darian founded and operate today. Both...
