Congresswoman Chellie Pingree Urges USDA to Expand Natural Fiber Support Beyond Cotton
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Jasmin Malik Chua
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, a Maine Democrat and founder of the Slow Fashion Caucus, has written to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins urging the expansion of the Great American Cotton Plan to include other natural fibers such as hemp, flax, wool, alpaca, and leather. Pingree, an organic farmer and sustainable agriculture advocate, argues that federal support should extend beyond cotton to bolster American-grown and -made natural fibers more broadly.
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· 3 pulledOn Thursday, Chellie Pingree, a longtime organic farmer, advocate for sustainable agriculture and founder of the Slow Fashion Caucus, wrote to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins urging an expansion of the USDA's so-called Great American Cotton Plan to include other plant- and animal-based fibers, including hemp, flax, wool, alpaca and leather.
A congresswoman from Maine agrees that the U.S. Department of Agriculture should bolster federal support for American-grown and -made natural fibers.
But not just cotton.
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