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About Silkworms

True Up has a really interesting article up about how silk is made, from worm to usable fiber. (Thanks, Patti!)

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Posted by: Patti Schiendelman on May 5, 2009 at 9:38 AM

In Korea, silkworms are an important food source, an inexpensive protein.

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Posted by: Esther Gregory on May 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM

life

I hate to be the extremist, but fabric hardly seems worth killing over...

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Posted by: Becky Stern on May 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM

I feel the same way about leather...

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Posted by: Liz on May 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM

Alternatives

It isn't as commonplace as the traditional method of silk harvesting, but some companies are now offering fabric made from cocoons where the moths aren't killed.

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