For herder Bayarduuren Zunduikhuu, it is also one of the busiest. “We wake up as the sun rises,” she says. “Spring is all about the cashmere harvest.” Like many members of Mongolia’s estimated 300,000 ...

You’ve probably heard of cotton and cashmere and wool, and you likely know that cashmere is the most expensive, cotton is typically the cheapest, and wool is somewhere between the two. But, do you ...