Clothing to crow about: Chicken feather suits and dresses

In the future, you may snuggle up in warm, cosy sweats made of chicken feathers or jeans made of wheat, enjoying comfortable, durable new fabrics that are 'green' and environmentally friendly. Researchers in Australia are reporting that new advances are paving the way for such exotic new materials - made from agricultural waste or byproducts - to hit store shelves as environmentally-friendly alternatives to the estimated 38 million tons of synthetic fabrics produced worldwide each year...

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