Know more about organic cotton

What is organic cotton?
Organic cotton is generally understood as cotton and is grown in subtropical countries such as America and India, from non genetically modified plants, that is to be grown without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals such as fertilizers or pesticides. Its production also promotes and enhances biodiversity and biological cycles.

Cotton growers who make the transition to biologically based growing practices expect not only to offer a healthier and cleaner product, but also to benefit the planet. Some of the contributions to the different ecosystems include:

• Protecting surface and groundwater quality (eliminating contaminants in surface runoff)
• Reduced risk in insect and disease control by replacing insecticide with the manipulation of ecosystems
• Long-term prevention of pests through beneficial habitat planting.
• Conservation of biodiversity
• Eliminate the use of toxic chemicals used in cotton
• Organically grown crops also yield soils with higher organic matter content, thicker topsoil depth, higher polysaccharide content, and lower modulus of rupture; therefore reducing considerably soil erosion......"from Wikipedia"

Why organic cotton is more expensive than traditional cotton?
First, it must be stated that organic farming is a much smaller market than the modern, conventionally farmed cottons. With this in mind, it's completely understandable that the cost of doing business is greater than it is for the larger mass-producers. On top of this, there is the increased costs of the agricultural process for organic crops: Over the decades, commercial cotton farming's main goal was to make cotton cheaper. It was done through the extensive use of chemical fertilizers, fungicides, insecticides, pesticides, and defoliants. Organic farming utilizes tried and true, old-world methods, which can be a painstaking process, requiring time, labor, and patience. Organic cotton does not necessarily stop at the harvesting, though. The cleaning and ginning, spinning, weaving, knitting, dying, printing and finishing are all considerate of the damage that chemical and toxic treatments have on the workers and the earth, and ultimately the consumer. Again, since there is a relatively low demand for these practices and products there is no high-commodity incentive pricing.

Cokotto Shop hope to be able to extend our service and products to organics handmades and fabrics as well, so stay tune for our upcoming fabrics and products!

Warmest regards,
Cokotto Shop team.