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Women behind sheep in the Australian wool industry.

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We want to show you the female face of the Australian wool industry


 Women Behind Wool is a series of videos and podcasts telling stories of women behind the scenes of the wool industry.  We've got CEOs, researchers, models and TV hosts side by side with jillaroos, shearers and wool classers - and sometimes, our guests are all of those things in one.  

wool's future looks bright

using wool to replace polystyrene

using wool to replace polystyrene

Jess Webb has worked in agribusiness for 10 years, holds an MBA, sits on three boards and is a mum of two young boys.  So when she and her husband chose to buy a farm outside of Uralla in the New England, to invest their future in the Australian wool industry, we knew she must have crunched the numbers. 

using wool to replace polystyrene

using wool to replace polystyrene

using wool to replace polystyrene

CEO of Planet Protector Packaging, Joanne Howarth has developed an innovative new product, that is sure to become a household name - 'Woolpack'.

Using waste wool as an insulated packaging solution, she has so far replaced 7.5 million polystyrene boxes.

WBW on Weekend Sunrise

using wool to replace polystyrene

bringing welfare into the 21st century

Skye and Penny were thrilled to be interviewed by Weekend Sunrise on the Women Behind Wool initiative.

bringing welfare into the 21st century

bringing welfare into the 21st century

bringing welfare into the 21st century

If there was an Australian Wool Industry Hall of Fame this woman should be in it.  Dr Meredith Sheil has done more to advance the wool industry's ethical and welfare standards than anyone in history.

wool's best PR agent

bringing welfare into the 21st century

3 generations of women on one farm

Catriona Rowntree didn't grow up in the wool industry but has a genuine love for the fibre and her enthusiasm for wool is endless.  So much so that a daggy TV story on the wool industry compelled her to offer her services to promote wool.

3 generations of women on one farm

bringing welfare into the 21st century

3 generations of women on one farm

Meet Rosie Mitchell who farms wool alongside her 86 year old mother Caroline Spittle and her 23 year old daughter who's also wearing wool as an international catwalk model.

who grew my clothes

penny ashby, lady kate knitwear

penny ashby, lady kate knitwear

The Who Made My Clothes movement is a fantastic initiative to take you, the customer, on a journey to see how your clothes are made.  We want to take you a step further back on that journey and introduce you to the women who GREW your clothes.

penny ashby, lady kate knitwear

penny ashby, lady kate knitwear

penny ashby, lady kate knitwear

Penny started her knitwear label, Lady Kate to make a new generation of women fall in love with Australian Merino wool.  Wouldn't it be amazing if Australian women were passionate brand advocates for this beautiful, homegrown fibre?

who are the women behind women behind wool?

Penny Ashby, designer of Lady Kate knitwear standing in sheep yards

Penny Ashby

Penny is the designer of Lady Kate, a women's knitwear label based in North West NSW.  Growing up on her family's sheep farm, Penny wanted to make her own contribution to the wool industry, by creating knitwear that would make a new generation of women fall in love with Australian Merino wool. "Australia is widely regarded as growing the best Merino wool in the world and we want to celebrate the thousands of women who are contributing to the Australian wool industry."

Skye Manson, founder of Manson & Co and Company the podcast, standing in sheep yards.

Skye Manson

Skye is founder of Manson + Company, a podcast production platform run from her farm near Gunning in Southern NSW. Drawing on a childhood spent in the sheep yards and a 15 year long career in the media, Skye recognises the excellence thriving in agricultural communities across Australia - 

and she has a penchant for wool.

"Over the years I have met and spoken with so many unheard and unheralded women quietly doing wonderful things with wool. This project aims to make those voices a tiny bit louder."

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