47 min
Healing the Planet One Wool Sponge at a Time: A Conversation with Marie Hoff Voices in Wool with Clara Parkes
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- Society & Culture
What could washing your breakfast dishes and preventing wildfires possibly have in common?Marie Hoff may be able to help with that question.In 2013, she took on a small flock of ouessant sheep and launched Cappella Grazing in Sonoma County. Her clients were mainly vineyards, orchards, farms, and private land owners who wanted a quieter, more efficient form of a lawnmower. But it soon became apparent that her flock was serving another more urgent need: reducing fuel loads to prevent wildfires....
What could washing your breakfast dishes and preventing wildfires possibly have in common?Marie Hoff may be able to help with that question.In 2013, she took on a small flock of ouessant sheep and launched Cappella Grazing in Sonoma County. Her clients were mainly vineyards, orchards, farms, and private land owners who wanted a quieter, more efficient form of a lawnmower. But it soon became apparent that her flock was serving another more urgent need: reducing fuel loads to prevent wildfires....
47 min