Nan Bray is a sheep farmer in Tasmania where she runs her company White Gum Wool. In this Wool Academy Podcast interview, Nan explains her three commitments of excellence in sheep nutrition, conservation land ethic and thoughtful animal welfare

#125 Sophie Holt about animal welfare on farm

Mar 11th, 2021 53m 19s

Tom and Sophie Holt raise Dohne Merinos on their farm Coonong Station in Australia. Coonong Station is RWS and Authentico accredited as well as being the only Australian wool producer to be Certified Humane. Coonong station is a declared native

#124 Nora and Viktor Jelinek about the value of story telling

Feb 24th, 2021 37m 4s

Nora and Viktor Jelinek run a business by the name Visual Narrative. They are specialised in helping companies tell their stories successfully through photography. They are particularly focused on helping sustainable and socially conscious busi

#123 Dr. Paul Swan about the future of wool sustainability standards

Feb 10th, 2021 1h 4m

Dr. Paul Swan is the Program Manager of the sustainability standard Sustainawool at the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX). In this Wool Academy Podcast interview, Paul Swan provides details about Sustainawool and discusses challenges and opportun

#122 Cody Nicholson-Stratton about diversified livestock and local food systems

Jan 27th, 2021 1h 16m

Cody Nicholson-Stratton shares the story of how he and his husband Thomas were looking to diversify their family's farm and promote sustainability for future generations. Together with two more generations living and working on the farm, the tw

#121 Ethical, sustainable and profitable wool production

Jan 14th, 2021 39m 17s

Susan Finnigan together with her husband, son, and daughter-in-law grow fine merino wool on their sheep property Kia Ora in Australia. The farm is certified for several animal welfare and sustainability standards and their outstanding work has

#120 Why Consumers Want To Know More

Dec 17th, 2020 38m 45s

Verena Keller is the Managing Director Sales, Marketing and Product at Know Your Stuff - an online platform that makes the textile supply chain fully transparent and traceable from fibre to finished product. In this episode, Verena Keller expla

#119 Sustainability and Business Strategy go Hand in Hand - Interview with Ian Whiteford

Dec 3rd, 2020 42m 11s

Ian Whiteford is responsible for Sustainability and Compliance at the Schottish weaving company Alex Begg. In this interview, Ian Whiteford shares insights about how the company started implementing its sustainability strategy and the lessons l

#118 How To Know If A Sheep Is Happy - Interview with Pam and Andre Christie-Smith

Nov 19th, 2020 50m 23s

Pam and Andre Christie-Smith farm in 6th generation on their sheep farm Kleiheuwel Trust in South Africa. In this episode, they share insights into their everyday farm life of running a sustainable and animal welfare friendly farm. They explain

#117 The Value of Improving Sheep Genetics - Interview with Mark Ferguson

Nov 4th, 2020 1h

Mark Ferguson is an Agricultural Geneticist specialised in sheep and other natural fibre animal breeds. Mark is also the host of the Head Shepherd podcast. On this show, Mark and Elisabeth talk sheep genetics and the importance of telling the w

#116 Custodian of Land and Animals - Interview with Richard Daughertyrty

Sep 24th, 2020 59m

Richard Daugherty is a South African wool grower based in Australia. He and his wife Sarah and their two children farm on Balala Station west of Uralla since 2011. Richard is highly committed to regenerative farming and ensuring hight animal we

#115 How Merino Sheep Can Thrive in Europe - Interview with Lesley Prior

Sep 10th, 2020 42m 39s

Lesley Prior successfully breeds merino sheep on her farm near Devon in the UK. Something many sheep farmers never thought possible. In this Wool Academy Podcast interview, Lesley shares her vision of creating a large merino sheep flock in Euro

#114 It's never over until it's over - Interview with Dr. John Parkinson

Aug 27th, 2020 56m 12s

In this Wool Academy Podcast episode, Dr. John Parkinson shares insights about the wool textile recycling industry and his new old recycling business iinouiio.

#113 How to develop coarse wool product applications

Aug 13th, 2020 59m 39s

In this Wool Academy Podcast episode, Sustainability Wool Industry Expert and Journalist Tone Skardal Tobiasson shares insights into the different wool research projects she helped develop and coordinate successfully in Norway. The common threa

#112 When Wool Prices Collapse

Jul 31st, 2020 40m 29s

The Covid-19 pandemic has lead to a strong decrease of coarse wool prices. What does this mean for the little Flock Wool Trading Company who just collected its first container of Albanian wool ready for sale? CEO of Flock Wool, Evan Thomsen and

#111 Lean Methodologies and the Minimum Viable Product

Jul 30th, 2020 32m 38s

In this video, you can listen to Evan Thomsen and Elisabeth van Delden from Flock Wool talk about how they applied the lean methodologies and the concept of a minimum viable product to their wool trading business Flock Wool based out of Albania

#110 First Wool Collection

Jul 29th, 2020 11m 42s

In this Wool Academy Podcast Episode, you will learn how the Flock Wool Team collected its first container of Albanian wool. Evan Thomsen, CEO of Flock Wool and Elisabeth van Delden discuss the events as and how they happened.

#109 Albanian Sheep and Wool

Jul 16th, 2020 28m 37s

What do you know about Albanian Sheep and Wool? In this Wool Academy Podcast you will learn all about the Bardoka and the Ruda sheep and the type of wool they produce. Flock Wool CEO Evan Thomsen this time interviews Elisabeth van Delden about

#108 Albanian Wool Industry

Jul 3rd, 2020 24m 52s

In this interview, Flock Wool CEO Evan Thomsen gives insights about the Albanian wool industry. We discuss reasons why the Albanian wool industry got dismantled 30 years ago, why it never got back on its feet and what the situation is today.

#106 Who is Flock Wool?

Jun 2nd, 2020 24m 51s

In this interview CEO of Flock Wool, Evan Thomsen, shares the story of how he developed the idea for Flock Wool, an Albanian Wool Trading company. You will learn how Evan and his wife Tyanna set out to find the right team, develop the business

#107 How Covid-19 also challenges a wool start up

Jun 2nd, 2020 27m 29s

In this episode, Flock Wool CEO Evan Thomsen talks about how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the company's operations in getting the company up and running to collect its first wool.Gain insights how to stay flexible in a business during unc

#105 Ralf Kunert from Naturamus

Jun 1st, 2020 24m 39s

Managing Director Ralf Kunert of Naturamus explains what can be achieved when creating partnerships across different industries.One of the by-products of scouring (washing) wool is wool grease, which is refined into lanolin. Lanolin is an impor

#104 Monica Ebert about the outdoor apparel brand Core Merino

Oct 25th, 2018 28m 8s

IntroductionMonica Ebert is the International Brand Development Manager at BKB in South Africa. Part of Monica's work portfolio is the company's outdoor apparel brand Core Merino. In this episode, Monica talks about the opportunities and challe

#104 Monica Ebert about the outdoor apparel brand Core Merino

Oct 25th, 2018 28m 8s

#103 Yvar Monasch about Best Wool Carpets

Oct 18th, 2018 49m 10s

IntroductionYvar Monasch is the Managing Director at Best Wool Carpets, a company based in the Netherlands. In this interview, Yvar shares insights about the tufting carpet industry and about Best Wool Carpets. As the company's name already con