COTTON

Why Choose Organic?

If you haven't heard, pesticides are not good for you.  Over 2 billion pounds of pesticides are used each year on just US farms.  Can you imagine the impact all over the world?  The problem is that it is steadily increasing and presents a major problem to the balance of nature.

Not only do pesticides get rid of unwanted insects and plants, it also kills beneficial micro-organisms that replenish the earth with much needed nutrients.  When farm land loses nutrients this way, they are then replenished by the use of synthetic fertilizers.  As immunities to the pesticides build, more chemicals are added which will eventually leave the land unable to grow anything.

Pesticides not only get into the cotton fiber but also into our food.  During the ginning process, the cotton plant is separated into different useful parts.  Cottonseed oil can be found in many snack foods.  Cotton seeds are used for feed in both the beef industry as well as the dairy industry. 

Conventional processing of cotton textiles use chemicals that the World Health Organization classifies as hazardous.  The wastewater then pollutes our ground water.  Even after washing our clothes, traces of chemicals remain in the fabric.  Some of these chemicals are stored in the body, a process called bioaccumulation.  These chemicals attack and weaken our immune system.

...but there is good news.  Organic Farming.  The philosophy is to bring life to the soil and manage the balance of a diverse ecosystem.  By maintaining this worthwhile balance, the plants grow stronger.  Did you know organic cotton fiber is stronger than convention cotton? 

As consumers we can help make a change for better quality in our lives by the choices we make.

To You Health.