
Loopy Ewes
@LoopyEwes
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Farmer at Great Cotmarsh Farm | Knitwear from one flock | Reconnecting fashion and the soil | #Organic #Regenerative | @GroundtoGarment and @HeritageGrazier
Gloucestershire
Joined March 2014
Ever wanted to see how we farm for yourself? We have just opened a small, nature-friendly campsite on the farm with tipis and tent pitches, so you can meet the flock that provides the beautiful wool for my knitwear.
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Do not feed these industries. They are parasites slowly sucking the life out of and then killing our family farms, our soils, our environments and then keeping all the spoils for themselves. #GoOrganic let's start a shift and starve these parasites to death.
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Look at that cracking fleece. She’s spent the last 5 months growing a strong, healthy lamb on 100% pasture and still puts out fibre like that 🐏💪🤎.
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Any thoughts on how much worse the wet weather is going to get in the South of England? We lamb outdoors on wet ground starting in a week. We could do indoors, but it would come at a big financial cost & I’d be gutted if I made that jump, then a week later the weather improves 🤦♀️
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Episode 2 out now … Leather is controversial in sustainable fashion conversations. The cattle industry gets labelled as one of the big emitters of methane & leather manufacturing uses toxic chemicals that pollute the environment - but this isn’t the only way to produce leather.
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I feel very blessed to have this amazing community in my life. Our wonderful South West England Fibreshed is made up of the most inspiring women (and a few men of course!). You can hear about our work in the latest @farmerama_radio podcast. Full details below 👇
The first episode of Farming Fashion is out! This 3-part podcast series explores regenerative fibres and fashion with South West England and South East England Fibreshed. In Part 1, hear from @tamariskfarm_ @LoopyEwes and @FernhillFarm1. Tune in: https://t.co/kZFldtYgcY
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We still have turkeys available! find your local turkey farmer and support them, sales dropped off a cliff when the bird flu in turkeys story hit the headlines and I think people rushed out and bought frozen. @NFU_Poultry
@BBCWiltshire
@BBCFoodProg @BBCFarmingToday
@BBCr4today
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It’s a #snowday !! This cheeky chappie seems happy enough in his wool coat though. #britishwool
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If you’d like to treat someone to a piece of Loopy Ewes knitwear for Christmas, but don’t know what style, colour or size they’d choose why not get them a gift card? You can decide the amount you want to give & the exact day their voucher arrives in their inbox ... link in my bio
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And at the New Forest Show in July he won best Portland Ram and Reserve Portland Champion, as well as again winning Portland Wool on the Hoof and Interbreed Reserve Champion by a judge from @britishwool . Let’s hope the ewes are as impressed by this chap as I am! 🐏❤️
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He claimed 1st Senior Portland Ram and Breed Champion at the Sherborne Rare Breeds Show in May, also winning the Portland Wool on the Hoof class and Interbreed Wool on the Hoof Championship.
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My new tup “Zorba”. I am absolutely delighted with him. He has the most perfect face, a set of horns that mean business and a lovely temperament. He had some big boots to fill, but joins my flock with an impressive show record. #sheepoftheweek
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The tinsel on the top makes all the difference! #eatlocal
#whogrowsyourfood
#turkey
#wiltshire
#swindon
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This thread👇 So important
The problem is not simply that capitalism produces too much, but that it produces the wrong stuff: SUVs, fast fashion and planned obsolescence instead of public transit, affordable housing and universal healthcare. It overuses resources and still fails to meet even basic needs.
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Sheep work. Getting my hands on my beautiful ewe lambs this afternoon was the perfect tonic to a very stressful week. 🐏🤎
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It’s out! My first podcast episode can now be listened to through Spotify. Big thank you to @benjy_eagle and @willpenrievans for some much valued advice in the early planning stages.
After the planned launch of the Ground to Garment podcast was derailed by COVID, I am finally able to share that the first episode is live and you can download it on Spotify. It will be available on Apple soon. Thank you for your patience 🙌
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It’s a pleasure to be sharing some of my yarns with knitters passionate about provenance. I'm not looking to add yarns to my range it's a one-off to make these available! Every skein is made using the wool from just my flock, grazing in a regenerative, 100% pasture fed system.
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A very long, soggy day day with the flock. My ewes are now all separated into their groups ready for the arrival of the tups this week.
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I’m really keen to speak to any farmers working with McCain on their “regen fries” project. WRT my @NuffieldFarming study about how brands support farmers in adopting regen. Any help appreciated! 🙏
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