Inside Savvy Rest

Kevin Stein and Derek Bobowick are from Latex International, the largest producer of natural Talalay in the world (and the only one in the United States). What follows is a nuts-and-bolts Q & A session we conducted with them recently.

Are there any differences in feel or texture between the natural and synthetic Talalay? If so, how would you describe them?
Natural latex is a little more “lively” than a synthetic/natural blend.

A guest post by George L Mathew

The rubber tree known as hevea brasiliensis originially came from the Brazilian rainforest. This is the most commercially exploited tree for extracting rubber. Many other plants have sap which is similar to rubber sap, but none of these have been used commercially to date. Whenever the price of rubber goes up, scientists come up with many possibilities for using other plants in a commercial application for extracting rubber.

What is remarkable about Bridget Biscotti Bradley is how multi-talented she is. Bridget opened Reclaim in Menlo Park, CA in early 2008. Back then we didn’t know much about her other than that she was opening a business to help people make their homes greener.

When I began to seek out a supplier for organic wool, Hugh Shepherd's name popped came up several times. Hugh is the wool man at Woolgatherer Carding Mill in Montague, California, about 30 miles north of Mount Shasta. I didn't know Hugh personally at the time, and he didn't know me. This was early 2005.