Textile Exchange, an international nonprofit organization committed to a more sustainable textile industry, released the results of an international Life Cycle Assessment on Friday that shows the ...
Organic cotton is cotton that is grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. While polyester has dominated the fiber for nearly 20 years, organic cotton continues on an upward trend ...
This story first appeared on Civil Eats. For years, organic cotton was a tough sell for the average American consumer. The consumers who did opt to pay extra for organic products tended to prioritize ...
To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. Thirty years ago, Pedro Huallamares’s cotton farm in Peru — which he inherited from his father — seemed ...
Organic cotton production is down from a decade ago, and remains a tiny fraction of global supply, accounting for under 1 per cent of total cotton production. That poses a problem for the many fashion ...
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 46 cotton-farming families in Brazil’s Minas Gerais began practicing agroecology, a sustainable farming approach that works with nature. Working with a ...