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HEMP CLOTHES

Emma, a fair-skinned young brunette woman, wears a blazer and gesticulates in a chair at a conference.

"If the wool industry wants to be a part of the future of fashion it's got to change much more radically,"
Ms Hakansson said.

A man leaning against hemp bales.

A man holding dried hemp.

"We have to lose the stigma that it is marijuana."
Close-up shot of bright green hemp plants

Bales of hemp.

"There is no end game for fast fashion, it's got to stop."
Handfulls of hemp fibre.

A fair-skinned female farmer, Verity, stands smiling next to a large bale of wool in a tin shearing shed.

"I would love to see more mills available as that would make it more accessible to growers."
A close up of avocado seeds next to brown wool.

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