Do you like to know where the fibre in your clothes comes from before you buy? If so, you're not alone.
, a practice still used around Australia, where the skin on a sheep's backside is cut off to avoid flystrike, an infection caused by flies laying their eggs in faeces and dirt."It also goes into the land use and also into conservation areas — we've got some reserves that we've locked up over the last decade to protect some endangered species," he added.
"Being able to take our product to specific markets earlier and lock the price in — it's a wonderful thing and it's great for our business," Mr Hallett said.A spokesperson for Country Road said the company's contracts with farmers allowed it to trace where a natural fibre came from, so it could "support better working conditions, animal welfare practices and improved environmental impact.
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences is predicting growth in transparency from fashion brands in the years to come, to keep up with consumers' demand for information.Farmers securing the deals are in the box seat and for people like Mr Hallett it's a win-win situation.
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