Development of fair trade cottonFLO works with a guaranteed minimum price for producers that varies according tothe production context of each country. In West Africa, the minimum price was fixedat FCFA 238 per kg of seed cotton (EUR 0.36 per kg; i.e. USD 0.43 per kg, or USD0.20 per pound), which is well above the […]
Category Archives: DCS organic and ecological textiles
The European Union (EU regulation 2092/91),2the United States (NOP)3and Japan(JAS), among others, protect the use of the word ‘organic’ on food and processedfood for sale. These regulations apply to products deriving from agriculture andanimal husbandry, but not to products like fish or to non-food items such as cottonproducts. There are thus no particular legal requirements […]
Organic clothing is clothing made from materials raised in or grown in compliance with organic agricultural standards. Organic clothing may be composed of Cotton, Jute, Linen, Silk, Ramie, or Wool. In the United States, textiles do not need to be 100% organic to use the organic label. A more general term is organic textiles, which includes both apparel and home textiles. The technical requirements in terms […]