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Peter Hagerty
Peter Hagerty’s
Peace Fleece is not your typical yarn company. Its office is a
sheep farm in Maine, a crowded family apartment in Moscow, or
in the back of a pickup truck somewhere between Tel Aviv and
Jericho. Peter Hagerty and Marty Tracy started buying wool
from the Soviet Union back in 1985, in hopes that through
trade, they could lessen the threat of nuclear war. Since
then, they have purchased wool from shepherds in Russia,
Romania, Kyrgyzstan, Israel, and the West Bank (as well as
Montana, Ohio, Texas, and Maine). By working with people that
tend livestock every day, Peace Fleece hopes to find a common
ground that can slowly lead to mutual understanding and
economic interdependence.
Story: Peace
Fleece, pg. 95, KnitLit
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