NBC Los Angeles

Why some cities in the US are using sheep to graze grass instead of mowing it

Along the Cumberland River just north of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, tourists on party pontoons float past the recognizable skyline, but they also can see something a little less expected: hundreds ...
WAVE3

LG&E bringing in sheep to ‘mow’ grass at utility’s solar facility

HARRODSBURG, Ky. (WAVE) - With warmer weather approaching and grass quickly growing, Louisville Gas and Electric are bringing in the sheep to help manage the grass around its 50-acre solar facility in ...
Marketplace

With low wool prices, Midwestern sheep farmers are innovating with the fiber

At a family farm in central Iowa, a sheep shearer leans over a ram, making smooth, clean strokes through several inches of shaggy wool. For most breeds, this fiber will just keep growing unless it’s ...
Iowa Public Radio

Wool prices are so low, Midwest sheep producers have to find new uses — or raise sheep without it

Sheep producers in the Midwest say wool prices have been dismal for decades, but in recent years they’ve plummeted. Now producers are looking for new ways to add value to this fiber or drop it all ...
The Boston Globe

Farm to ... closet? In New England, a growing movement to put local wool to use.

PLAINFIELD, N.H. — For farmer Meg Falcone, it began with just three sheep: Briar Rose, Honeysuckle, and Blackeyed Susan. About five years ago, Falcone decided she had to do something about it. She ...
1011 Now

Shepherds sell fiber arts, wool grown on sheep farm in Saunders County

SAUNDERS COUNTY, Neb. (KOLN) - Instead of a paintbrush, Rhonda McClure uses a needle. Her canvas is a piece of felt, and her paint is hand-dyed wool. “All the wool that we sell here is grown on site, ...