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Wollen Meat

Jim Riley

20th July 2009

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I am always keen when away to find stories from the local economy. Local meat producers have found an interesting way to keep there produce cool by insulating with wool from local rare breed animals. Owners of rare breed sheep, goats and alpacas get as little as 5 pence per kilo of fleece as the wool is often an unsuitable colour for the wool industry. By selling the fleece to meat producers incomes of the rare breed farmers will hopefully rise.

A great example of an of a local economy story. The full article can be read here.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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