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cotton handpainted on silk

What’s this talk about natural fibers?

I love it when a short conversation inspires a blog post! I want to give a few thoughts to the ideas that my good friend Marie Bowers inspired recently with this tweet: @JPlovesCOTTON Hey what is the demand for cotton?— Marie Bowers (@MarieB41) January 31, 2012 My first reaction probably wasn’t what she was looking [...]

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Kitchen Cutting Board? Ag Byproduct? Or both?

While shopping at Bed, Bath & Beyond for a few kitchen items, I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this. And my niece said “you’re getting your camera out, aren’t you?” Of course I was! What I was seeing was a plastic cutting board that carried a brand called Eco-Kitchen. While I absolutely [...]

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