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“You don’t change something by pointing your finger at it, you change something by getting inside of it and hoping to make it better”

DR. Jane dever – COTTON SEED BREEDER

 
 

Rebuilding the legacy of cotton production in African communities

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Humanizing cotton supply chains through journalism

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Farming toxic free t-shirts

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Tackling root causes of agricultural issues

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Building a seed-to-sew cotton supply chain

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Re-thinking fashion starts from seed (breeding)

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Changing dynamic between farmers and brands

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Transitioning from conventional to organic cotton

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Encouraging joint efforts in West Africa

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View fullsize Next week, we’re humbled to be joining a deep-dive cotton seminar held by @Selvedgemagazine with our dear friend and cotton farmer and seed breeder Sally Fox @vreseis, historians Giorgio Riello, Barbara Hahn, Trevor Burnardand, and textile arti
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