Organic cotton information

The Advantages of Organic Cotton

 Biodiversity: Organic growing techniques involve crop rotation, which encourages biological diversity, a healthier ecosystem and a healthier work environment.

Soil Fertility: The use of cover crops, known as "green manure," helps to reduce erosion, eliminates the need for synthetic fertilizers and improves the quality of the soil.

True Economy: Buying organic means you don't have to sacrifice the environment's health and well being – or your own – for the clothes on your back.

How our Organic Cotton fabric is made

Growing: The cotton in our t-shirt fabric is grown in Narrabri, NSW Australia. This cotton is certified organic by the BFA. Certified organic cotton is farmed without the use of pesticides, genetically modified seed or synthetic fertilizers. The soil is built up over the years to retian moisture and fungus enabling in our case the organic cotton to prosper on a dry land (non-irrigated) farm.

Ginning: Once the cotton is picked, the cotton is passed through a gin where the seeds and leaves from the plants are separated from the cotton fibre. The gin is cleaned out of conventional cotton fibre prior to our organic cotton being processed. The ginned organic cotton is then packed into bales and each bale is tested by an independent body for its quality. Our Australian organic cotton is tested and classed by Australian Classing Services based in Narrabri.

Spinning: The organic cotton lint is then transported to a spinning mill in Victoria, here the spinning mill is cleaned out of conventional cotton and our organic cotton is spun into yarn.

Knitting: The organic cotton yarn is then knitted into single jersey t-shirt fabric and is ready for manufacturing garments.

Manufacturing: The rolls of organic cotton fabric are then transported to Sydney where we make our babies and children's clothing as members of the 'Australian Made Campaign'."

Information courtesy of Organic Cotton Advantage, suppliers of Certton Organic Cotton fabric