Why
organic cotton?
Conventional cotton (“regular” cotton) as used in the world today,
is the second-most
pesticide-laden crop! [The first is conventional
coffee. The third is tobacco.] When we look around us at
everything that's made from and uses conventional cotton, including our
own clothing, we are looking at
items whose production is causing huge damage to our environment.
For more information on this problem, see
http://www.maggiesorganics.com/theenvironment.php
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Nicaragua’s
cotton production history |
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The
CDCA’s Organic Cotton project |
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Our agronomist
provides training
and oversite.![]() |
![]() We are currently working to set up a worker-owned ginning operation to gin and bale the organic cotton.The gin has been installed next to the spinning plant to process the organic cotton grown by COPROEXNIC farmers. |
| Genesis unloading container of organic cotton | ![]() |
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Genesis
setting first building columns. |