Your paper towel may soon grow in the desert. Kimberly-Clark, one of the world’s biggest tissue makers, says it has made a “Goldilocks discovery”: hesperaloe, a spiky arid-climate plant that yields fibre stronger and softer than wood, with a fraction of the water and no felled trees. After spending $250 million over 20 years on testing 70 candidates, the firm is now building a pilot crop facility in Arizona. WSJ https://www.wsj.com/business/the-paper-in-your-paper-towel-is-a-candidate-for-a-radical-overhaul-4b90898c #ShareGoodNewsToo