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21/08/2025 – New natural fiber

Reinventing fashion with sorghum

When most people think of eco-friendly fashion, cotton and bamboo are often the materials that come to mind. There is a new fibre that is making waves, and that is sorghum fibre.

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Nate Blum is an agricultural expert and the CEO of the Sorghum United Foundation. © Sorghum United Foundation

 
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The stalks of the sorghum plant can be turned into fibres that are not only lightweight, but strong. © Kiran/stock.adobe.com

 
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Nate Blum is an agricultural expert and the CEO of the Sorghum United Foundation. © Sorghum United Foundation

 
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