Asian silkworms put to work for Cuban artisans, helping make anything from shirts to soap
Worms from Asia are producing silk for use by artisans in Cuba to create clothes and even cosmetics. The project is funded by the Cuba n government, the EU and the French government.
Hundreds of the cream-colored caterpillars squiggle across a bed of dark green mulberry leaves - the worm's preferred food - freshly plucked from bushes just outside his laboratory. Martin, who heads the ArteSeda project at the"Indio Hatuey Experimental Station" in western Cuba, oversees the process start to finish, from rearing the caterpillars to producing their preferred food and then harvesting their silk.
The Cuban project, which began with funding from the European Union, the Cuban government and more recently from the French government, aims to teach artisans the process and allow them to raise their own worms from scratch.
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