World Ark Magazine - March/April 2008 - (Page 24) Each cocoon is woven from a single thread that, when unwound, can measure up to 3,000 feet long. It takes 3,000 cocoons to produce one pound of silk. Heifer International In southern China’s Lezhi County, where To many families, silkworms are more important silk is a $20-million-a-year industry, there than other livestock for generating family are about 120 million mulberry trees to feed income. The project is so successful that the silkworms. Because they are so profit- Heifer China is supplying silkworms to other able, many farmers, especially women, like projects throughout the region. to raise silkworms. Heifer International’s Lezhi To learn more about Heifer’s unique Women’s Silkworm Project, begun in 1999, agricultural gifts in China and around has held 25 training sessions and distributed the world, visit our interactive project silkworms to 261 families, who have in turn map at www.heifer.org/map. passed on silkworms to 270 additional families. 24 March/April 2008 | WORLD ARK www.heifer.org http://www.heifer.org/map http://www.heifer.org
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