MED-laine Sardinia; Science and marketing helping developing new outlets for traditional Mediterranean wool
The ailing business of wool production in the Mediterranean sheep rearingareas of Sardinia, Tuscany and Corsica has been revitalised through the applicationof technology and modern marketing to this traditional and ruralindustry. MED-laine has the objective to enhance the plant species and indigenous wool for the production of textiles and handicrafts to the use of bio construction and tourism, cultural and educational promotion territories. The project aims at the development of innovation, creation and implementation of traditional processes and products in the fields of agriculture, handicrafts (textile and dyeing and phytotherapy) and rural tourism