Wool Academy Podcast

#126 Nan Bray about sheep nutrition and land conservation
Nan Bray is a sheep farmer in Tasmania where she runs her company…

#125 Sophie Holt about animal welfare on farm
Tom and Sophie Holt raise Dohne Merinos on their farm Coonong…

#124 Nora and Viktor Jelinek about the value of story telling
Nora and Viktor Jelinek run a business by the name Visual Narrative.…

#123 Dr. Paul Swan about SustainaWool and the future of wool standards
Dr. Paul Swan is the Program Manager of the sustainability standard…

#122 Cody Nicholson-Stratton about the Foggy Bottoms Boys
In this interview, Cody Nicholson-Stratton shares details about…

#121 Susan Finnigan from Kia Ora about ethical, sustainable and profitable wool production
Susan Finnigan together with her husband, son, and daughter-in-law…

#120 Why Consumers Want to Know More – Verena Keller from know your stuff
Verena Keller is the Managing Director Sales, Marketing and Product…

#119 Sustainability and Business Strategy Go Hand in Hand – Ian Whiteford from Alex Begg
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Ian…

#118 How to know if a sheep is happy – Pam and Andre Christie-Smith
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Pam…

#117 The Value of Improving Sheep Genetics – Mark Ferguson
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Mark…

#116 Custodian of land and animals – Richard Daugherty
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Richard…

#115 How Merino Sheep can Thrive in Europe – Lesley Prior
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Lesley…

#114 It is not over until it is over – Wool Textile Recycling
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#113 How to develop coarse wool product applications
In this Wool Academy Podcast episode, Sustainability Wool…

#112 When Wool Prices Collapse
The Covid-19 pandemic has lead to a strong decrease of…

#111 Lean methodologies and the minimum viable product – our approach to starting Flock Wool
In this video, you can listen to Evan Thomsen and Elisabeth…

#110 First Wool Collection
In this Wool Academy Podcast Episode, you will learn how…

#109 Albanian Sheep and Wool
This podcast episode is all about getting to…

#108 About the Albanian Wool Industry
In this interview, Flock Wool CEO Evan Thomsen gives insights…

#107 How Covid-19 challenges also a wool start up
In this interview, Flock Wool CEO Evan Thomsen talks about…

#106 Who is Flock Wool?
In this interview, CEO of Flock Wool, Evan Thomsen,…

#105 Ralf Kunert from Naturamus about Organic Lanolin
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Ralf Kunert from Naturamus explains how he managed…

#104 Monica Ebert about the outdoor apparel brand Core Merino
Monica Ebert is the International Brand Development Manager…

#103 Yvar Monasch about Best Wool Carpets
Yvar Monasch is the Managing Director at Best Wool Carpets,…

#102 Luke Hooke about his one year of wool experience
Over the course of one year, Luke Hooke wore only wool,…

#101 Eric Bjergso about the Canadian Wool Industry
Eric Bjergso introduces us to the Canadian sheep and wool…

#100 Elisabeth van Delden about the Wool Academy Podcast
Celebrating episode 100 of the Wool Academy Podcast it…

#099 Rebecca Burgess about the Fibershed
Rebecca Burgess introduces the Fibershed, a non-profit…

#098 Gudrun Rógvadóttir about the Faroe Islands wool label Gudrun & Gudrun
Gudrun Rógvadóttir is the co-founder of the Faroe Island…

#097 James Braszell about life as a shearer and photographer
James Braszell is a full-time shearer based in Australia.…

#096: Allan De Boos about successful wool education
Allan De Boos has been working in the wool industry his…

#095 Yolanda Leask and Martin Brambley about Cloudwool
Yolanda Leask and Martin Brambley are the two young entrepreneurs…

#094 Cobus Oosthuizen puts wool to test during a 250 km desert race
Cobus Ooosthuizen has always wanted to bust…

#093: Francesco Botto Poala takes us behind the scenes of Reda 1865
Francesco Botto Poala is the Chief Operating Officer at…

#092: Dave Maslen about giving consumers a great wool experience
Dave Maslen introduces the New Zealand Merino Company in…

#091: Ben Watts about how automation is helping wool growers on farm
Ben Watts is a wool grower based in Australia who is using…

#090 Derelee Potroz-Smith is turning wool into gold with Woolchemy
Derelee Potroz-Smith is the CEO and Co-founder of Woolchemy…

#089 Evan Helle about his sheep to shelf brand Duckworth
Evan Helle is a fourth generation sheep rancher and co-founder…

#088 John Roberts about the Woolmark Resource Centre
John Roberts is the General Manager Eastern Hemisphere…

#087 Gerhard Schoppel about the premium wool hand knitting yarn business
Gerhard Schoppel is the owner and creative mind behind…

#086: Peter Morgan about the Australian Wool Export Industry
Peter Morgan is the Executive Director of the Australian…

#085 Rita Haselwander and Rasa Staneviciene from Garlita about flat wool knitting manufacturing
Garlita is a flat knitting company based in Lithuania with…

#084 Lorents Tvedt about the knitwear brand Dale of Norway
Lorents Tvedt is the Product Development Manager at the…

#083 Adam Dawes about the wool industry on the Falkland Islands
Adam Dawes is the Senior Agriculture Advisor for the Falkland…

#082 Jacob Long about re-launching American Woolen
Jacob Long is the CEO of US based worsted and woolen weaving…

#081 Osman Kilic about the hand knitting industry
Osman Kilic is the Executive Board Member of hand knitting…

#080 Giovanni and Marco Schneider about building a global wool processing business
Giovanni and Marco Schneider are the leaders behind the…

#079: Jo-Anne Bester about wool auctioneering
Jo-Anne Bester is the first and so far only female wool…

#078: Jimmy Jackson about wool knitting manufacturing in China
Jimmy Jackson is a living legend in the wool industry.…

#077: Wolf Edmayr about the current situation of the South African wool industry
Wolf Edmayr is the Managing Director of South African based…

#076 Stephen Wiedemann about Wool Life Cycle Assessment
Stephen Wiedemann is a leading expert on Life Cycle Assessments…

#075 Ingun Klepp on how consumer research reveals new business opportunities for wool
Ingun Klepp is a research professor at Consumer Research…

#074 Peter Ackroyd on how buying wool products is an investment with a return on capital
Peter Ackroyd is the COO of the Campaign for Wool and the…

#073 Tove Grane about her label We Norwegians
Tove Grane is the founder and designer of the Norwegian…

#072 Matthias Boehme about key markets for wool
Matthias Boehme is a textile consultant and expert on a…

#071 Chris Kerston about building the world’s first regenerative wool supply chain
Chris Kerston is the Market Engagement and Public Outreach…

#070 Mark Grave about the services of the Australian Wool Exchange
Mark Grave is the CEO of the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX),…

#069 David Mitchell about getting Australian wool from farm to harbour
David Mitchell is the National Wool Manager for AWH. The…

#068 Chad North about launching a wool kerchief
Chad North is the founder of NorthxNorth. In this podcast…

#067 Marion Tviland about the Norwegian wool industry
Marion Tviland is the Director Wool in Norilia in Norway.…

#066 Morten Dilling about selling wool underwear online
Morten Dilling is the 4th generation working in the family…

#065 Piercarlo Zedda explains how nothing gets wasted in the wool supply chain
Piercarlo Zedda is one of two Directors of the family-owned…

#064: Nora Kuehner explains the key trends for wool
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#063 Kurt Haselwander about the fascinating world of spinning wool
Kurt Haselwander is the CEO of the Austrian based Schoeller…

#062: Luke Hooke about wearing only wool for one year
Luke Hooke started the Campaign Year of Wool where he challenged…

#061: Louis de Beer about the South African wool industry and communal farming
Louis de Beer is the CEO of Cape Wools, an industry association…

#060: Geoff Kingwill About Wool Growing in the Semi-desert
South African Wool Grower Geoff Kingwill, shares insights…

#059 Cobus Oosthuizen puts wool to test during a 250 km desert race
Cobus Ooosthuizen has always wanted to bust advertisement…

#058: Chantel McAlister tells the truth about wool
Chantel McAlister is Australia’s only masterclasser and…

#057: Andrew Cuccurullo is repositioning the Waverley Mills wool blanket
Andrew Cuccurullo is the CEO of Waverley Mills in Tasmania.…

#056: Victor Chesky is connecting the wool industry with his publications
Victor Chesky is a lifelong wool industry journalist and…

#055: Ben Watts about how automation is helping wool growers on farm
Ben Watts is a wool grower based in Australia who is using…

#054: Stephen Russell about the textile recycling industry and market
Professor Stephen Russell is an expert on textile recycling.…

#053: Isak Staats about how to efficiently handle 32 million kg of wool per year
Isak Staats is the General Manager for Wool and Mohair…

#052: Gaspard Tiné-Berès about founding Lasso Shoes successfully
Gaspard Tiné-Berès is the founder of Lasso Shoes, a young…

#051: Steve Ranford about wool research
Steve Ranford is a Senior Scientist at AgResearch.…

#050: Claudia Weiss about Don Baez Eco Chic
Claudia Weiss de Machado runs her own wool retail company…

#049: Dr Beverley Henry about Wool Life Cycle Assessment
Insights from the expert on wool's Life Cycle Assessment
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#048: Repost – Mac Bishop from Wool & Prince
In this episode, Mac Bishop, founder and CEO of Wool…

#047: Nick Armentrout about the all American wool supply chain at Ramblers Way
Nick Armentrout is the Supply Chain Leader at US retail…