Empty feed bags can be used for a variety of projects. When my local feed store switched from paper to woven chicken feed sacks, I knew there would be recycling potential. After I had collected a few ...

During the Depression and war years, penny-pinching seamstresses found the perfect fodder for frugal fashion. Using cotton fabric from feed and grain sacks, they turned rags into homespun stitches.

Jodi Gebarowski is the type of person who refuses to throw empty Cool Whip containers away. “I get it from my grandma,” Gebarowski said. “She always did that.” A reusable bag made from chicken feed ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – For Anne Majcher, empty feed bags are more than just garbage – they’re a repurposing project. For the past four years, the Westmont woman has taken the discarded bags and, with a ...

Caprock Chronicles is edited each week by Jack Becker a Librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries. This weeks article is by Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D., Curator of Clothing and Textiles, Museum ...

Ever get the feeling that the designer bag you just bought could have fed a third world country? The Mirror feels your pain and apparently so does Bush (model Lauren Bush, that is), who has designed a ...