Did you know that most clothing has a significant carbon footprint? Natural fibers have a lower carbon footprint than petroleum based synthetics (which most clothes are made from), but when natural fibers are shipped to China to be made into a product they have a significantly increased carbon footprint due to the fuels used for shipping.

Alternatively, every time you buy socks which are raised from locally grown fiber you support a local farmer. As a farmer, we in turn support small, family owned and operated mills who convert our fiber into yarns which are then made into socks and other products creating American jobs. Many of these small mills are vertically integrated which means our fleece can be spun and knit, or spun and woven at the same place which further reduces shipping costs and the carbon footprint.

WoodsEdge can provide you with a green alternative for socks (and all kinds of clothing and home furnishing items as well). Of course our "green" socks will be in the natural undyed, hypo-allergenic alpaca colors of grey, brown, fawn or black, but you will feel much better knowing they are as green and eco-conscious as a sock can be!

—Brent Walker a.k.a. "Sock Man"
Third Generation New Jersey Farmer