Where Our Wool Comes From

BIO SLEEP CONCEPT receives our wool from Natural Felt, a separate independent branch of the BIO SLEEP CONCEPT family. The bats of wool are created by carding wool from the Blackface Sheep Breed, raised in the North West of the USA. The wool from this breed has a larger stable length fiber and undoubtedly makes the best filling for bedding articles. We personally visit each wool grower to assure that the wool comes from healthy sheep raised sustainably on managed lands. We also pay a premium for the best fleeces of their flocks from the collaborating growers; the fleece is cleaned and carded which produces the finest known woolen batting available. When you purchase a Bio Sleep Concept futon, mattress, or wool article made with wool from Natural Felt, know you are assured that the following are true:

• Proper Grazing Methods: Adequate field rotation to decrease soil erosion and to reduce the risk of sheep acquiring internal parasites.

• Predator Friendly: Growers are encouraged to use trained sheep guardian dogs (not trapping or shooting) and the inclusion of other large animals, such as llamas, to guard the flock.

• Healthy Veterinary Practices: Only certain kinds of medications and supplements are used to treat the sheep. Alternative caring methods are used to keep the sheep healthy with fewer chemicals.

• Chemical Control: Natural Felt opposes the use of herbicides and pesticides on the fields that sheep graze on. Natural Felt is able to determine if the growers use those chemicals with their routine wool chemical testing.

• Scouring: Natural Felt carding mill has searched out the mildest and most environmentally friendly detergent possible for the scouring (cleaning) of the wool. Today, all of their wool is cleaned with Bio-soft Wool Scouring Detergent, which leaves no detectable residue and is biodegradable.

• In addition to personal visits to assure proper growing methods, they send samples of their wool to independent laboratories for chemical testing. A sample of the raw wool is sent to the University of Mass-Lowell where tests are performed comparing their batting to a competitor's for strength, resilience, flammability and endurance. Tests demonstrated that a mattress made with Natural Felt batting would last twice as long as a competitor's before flattening on top.

BIO SLEEP CONCEPT supplies you with the best in wool, from futons, pillows, mattress pads, toppers and our wool comforters. Purchase with confidence knowing that all our wool products have adhered to the above specifications and that the sheep were treated well.