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\"tobacco<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite tobacco plants\u2019 smudgy reputation, they are being warmly accepted by the textile industry as the newest crop to be utilized in the making of all-natural fibers and dyes. Since only the leaves of the plants are harvested, Ploughboy Organics<\/a> transforms leftover stalks and other agricultural waste into vibrant, non-toxic Avani Dyes from the Earth<\/a> (which debuted at the London Textile Fair<\/a> earlier this year) and Onatah Fibers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suzanne DeVall, the company\u2019s founder, recalls while on a fact-finding mission to the tobacco fields of Antakya, Turkey, feeling inspired to further explore alternative uses for the nicotine-filled crops beyond their most popular purposes of smoking and chewing.<\/p>\n

Some three years later, Ploughboy\u2019s headquarters were opened in North Carolina, one of sixteen states still farming tobacco. For reasons ranging from increased public awareness to claims of environmental damage<\/a>, the number of tobacco-growing farms in the United States<\/a> has steadily declined from a half-million in the 1950s to 10,000 in 2007. Ploughboy believes they are on a path to reinvigorating the industry and creating more jobs within the farming, manufacturing and retail sectors.<\/p>\n

Manufacturing Natural Textiles on a Commercial Level<\/h3>\n

Suzanne\u2019s revolutionary, patent-pending textile fabrication methods changes tobacco plants\u2019 byproducts into easily adaptable fibers, which blend well with cotton, wool, silk and cashmere. The company\u2019s dyeing processes colors organic fabrics using less water<\/a> at lower temperatures; this, in turn, lessens the amount of time, energy and resources traditionally used in coloring natural textiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ploughboy plans to repurpose tobacco in other regions of the country as they prepare to expand their collections of earth-inspired hues and fibers to the home goods and apparel industries. You can learn more about this groundbreaking technology by visiting the company\u2019s website<\/a> and Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image Credit:<\/strong> mystuart<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may not smoke it, but would you wear it? 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