From Chicken's Coat to a Trenchcoat

Fashion’s new wave could come not from runways of Europe but the farms of the Midwest.Every year, farms worldwide produce millions of tons of agricultural waste, which includes wheat gluten, rice straw, and even chicken feathers. Now scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are turning this refuse into biodegradable fabrics as an alternative to the ubiquitous nylons and polyesters made from petroleum.Read more at...Seed, September 2006.