To prevent the goats from growing under stress in a limited fenced-in area or cage, the community we work with raises their goats in a fence-free pasture. They use rotational grazing throughout a 10-ha expanse of grassland, which makes their grass supply sustainable, an issue with the desertification in Mongolia.

When obtaining free-grown cashmere goat hair, only the hair that naturally falls out is carefully combed so as not to injure the goat. We ensure this by regularly training nomadic producers directly on how to gather goat hair.

In most cashmere supply chains in Mongolia, it is the middleman that profits the most. The price of the product rises because the middleman in charge of the distribution takes a large margin, while the nomads who raise the goats and produce the cashmere raw material receive very little profit. In order to prevent these unfair practices, LE CASHMERE eliminates the middlemen and pays the producers a fair amount directly.