Blogs for Organic Cotton Colours

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Curious about color-grown cotton? This blog post reveals the lesser known history and science of wild cotton, and its potential to change the fashion industry.

In the current conventional system, a brown cotton sweatshirt may be grown from a genetically modified seed that forces farmers into pesticide dependence, then bleached to remove any discoloration, then dyed with synthetic, fossil fuel-based pigments, possibly containing chemicals proven as carcinogens, irritants, and hormone disruptors. Lost in this toxic spiral, the fact that cotton can be grown directly in a brown shade, without pesticides and watered by rainfall, has been neglected. OCC is here to promote this logical alternative and develop a meaningful, healthy, and naturally vibrant fashion future.

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This blog post covers the holistic social and agro-regenerative practices that OCC takes to ensure well being for producers in Brazil.

Evidence shows that major fashion brands are sourcing cotton linked to a range of concerning issues, including land grabbing, illegal deforestation, violence, human rights violations, and corruption. Large agribusinesses in the area are endangering the livelihoods of farmers, locals and the area’s rich biodiversity, proving the importance of OCC’s family farm model that benefits the community and landscape.