Sustainable Production of Plant-derived Indigo
SPINDIGO
Sustainable Production of Plant-derived Indigo
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Now in its final year, SPINDIGO is a €3.6 (£2.2) million European collaboration that has been developing new, sustainable ways of producing indigo from crops to satisfy the market demand for naturally sourced indigo. The Project started in 2001, and has now accumulated a wealth of information on crop cultivation and indigo production. When the Project is completed at the end of the summer of 2004, it aims to provide EU growers with the ability to supply a high value end-product, which can be sold direct from the farm-gate as a natural alternative to synthetic indigo.
