For athletic socks you ultimately run into the problem of your options are either bad or worse. Your best bet for cruelty free athletic socks is probably farm to feet reprieve socks, but those can feel a bit heavy during summer months, and still contain some wool. This is anecdotal, but the farms farm to feet used back in the day when I was visiting farms were run by people who loved their sheep and made sure the sheering process was as gentle and cut free as possible.
All of this said, the washing of wool is also costly on the environment and I’d be on the lookout for alpaca fleece socks
No I think asking if the animals are well treated and fed good grass is a critical question. And one I made the mistake of skipping when I gave my top level answer below. I’m probably going to seek out some alpaca socks tonight
For athletic socks you ultimately run into the problem of your options are either bad or worse. Your best bet for cruelty free athletic socks is probably farm to feet reprieve socks, but those can feel a bit heavy during summer months, and still contain some wool. This is anecdotal, but the farms farm to feet used back in the day when I was visiting farms were run by people who loved their sheep and made sure the sheering process was as gentle and cut free as possible.
All of this said, the washing of wool is also costly on the environment and I’d be on the lookout for alpaca fleece socks
Thanks. I hadn’t considered the environmental aspect in this instance. I’ll keep that in mind.
No I think asking if the animals are well treated and fed good grass is a critical question. And one I made the mistake of skipping when I gave my top level answer below. I’m probably going to seek out some alpaca socks tonight