How is organic wool fiber produced?
The Kyrgyz wool industry has a positive reputation around the world for its organic animal husbandry practices with the industry’s success being based upon producing healthy and contented sheep, which give some of the finest, softest, and highest quality wool in the world market. Organic wool production is a whole chain of rules and regulations set by NOP, the National Organic Program of the USDA that needs to be strictly followed in order to get the wool fiber certified organic. Some of the crucial and important criteria for organic wool production vs. conventional wool production are using organic feed, producing the wool without the use of pesticides and herbicides, taking care of the animals without synthetic medicine, paying strict attention to how many animals can be grazed on a particular land area, and independent, third-party certification and lab testing to ensure we’re meeting all those requirements. The National Organic Program requires accurate and comprehensive documentat
