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WHY ORGANIC?
There's lots of websites out there on why organic cotton is the way to go. Besides the 8000+ chemicals that are used to treat 1 regular cotton t-shirt, which are later dumped into our water supplies, a few other reasons to use organic cotton are:
Healthy soil for healthy farmers- no cancer causing insecticides and pesticides are used, safe peroxide is used for bleaching instead of chlorine bleach and toxic bi products, natural dyes and enzymes used for coloring rather than heavy metals which pollute our streams, and in use with our nontoxic textile inks it seems like the right thing to do.
WHY FAIRTRADE?
A socially conscious movement that helps producers in 3rd world countries by promoting sustainability and higher prices for goods.
"Fair trade's strategic intent is to work with marginalized producers and workers in order to help them move towards economic self-sufficiency and stability."