Sustainable Products for a Sustainable World
"Sustainable products, manufactured from a sustainable fibre, paying farmers a fair and sustainable price. Traceable to the end user. Making products with a low carbon footprint, capturing carbon and returning carbon from fleece to the land. To put value back into wool in the eyes of the farmer."
Swaledale Wool
Wool is a Keratin fibre which contains approximately 50% carbon.
Wool has the following inherent properties:
- Naturally UV resistant
- Fire Resistant
- Mild acid resistant
- Biodegradeable
The wool used in NDWP products is traceable from farm to product.
Supports local farmers with a fair price promise.
All our wool is bought from local farmers through our partnership with The Woolkeepers ®, established to provide a traceable and fair price route to market for sheep farmers struggling in the commodity market.
Benefits of being part of this programme
Wool is paid at a value above the current market rate.
Drop off location is local to the farmer.
Wool is collected from the depot at the end of the season.
Farmer payments are made within 180 days days once collected.
Interested in selling wool, please use the contact form.
Learn more here
Carbon Capture
Degrading peatland releases carbon.
Restored peatland holds onto carbon.
Wool contains 50% carbon. When wool is fixed into degrading peatland, carbon is returned to the land and native plant species regrow to rebuild the peatland and prevent carbon emission.
Regenerating Peatland With Local Wool
Peat - grown from sunshine, air and water creating carbon to return to the land.
“Rebuilding local peatland using materials native to our surrounding area.
Sustainable, biodegradable and natural, that gives value back to local farmers, the local community, its people, and on a wider scale to the planet.”
Ruth Lindsey
(Natural Dales Wool Products Founder)
Case studies for current deployments are ongoing.
Wool logs have been in place on four sites since March 2023.
The following has been observed:
- Wool logs have bedded into the landscape.
- Wool logs hold a substantial quantity of water.
- The wool logs are holding water behind them, preventing run off and peat erosion.
- Red deer do not eat then unlike coir logs.
- Corvids on one site opened a hole in one log, but left all the others alone having realised the log was not edible,
Partners and Awards
Partners
The Woolkeepers®
Yorkshire Peat Partnership
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Long Rigg Conservation
South West Peatland Partnership
Duchy of Cornwall
Dartmoor Hill Farm Project
Awards
Innovation in Wool Award Winner 2023
Sustainable Development Fund Grant