Our last stop today was the Margaret River Silk Road company. Here we learned about silkworms and the production of clothing. Silk Road grows mulberries and cultivates silkworms to produce the first home-grown Australian silk! Here the silk cocoons are send to disadvantaged producers in Cambodia, where they are reeled, dyed and woven under the guidance of international aid and training organisations. All monies go back to these communities. The talk was very interesting and I think the kids really got a lot out of it. We treated ourselves to a Mulberry Green Tea afterwards!
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