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Reformation Backs New Cotton Coalition

Reformation Backs New Cotton Coalition



Standing for the California Cotton and Climate Coalition, C4’s premise is that by sourcing directly from farmers utilizing regenerative practices under the White Buffalo Land Trust, farmer livelihoods are more directly sustained on the rolling timeline of product releases planned for 2023. Producers for the cotton include the Bowles Farming Company and Stone Land Company.To get more news about Cotton Shorts, you can visit destgjshop.com official website.

Though it varies by region, farmers are said to be paid 20 percent to 100 percent above commodity prices.The cotton is grown in the San Joaquin Valley (with potential to expand learnings across California’s some 187,000 cotton-growing acres) and incorporates a range of soil health best practices. Practices are accredited by regenerative expert the Savory Institute — like compost application and data collection — to help sequester carbon in the soil and be prepared in the face of extreme weather events.

That’s not the only cotton project progressing its aims. The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced last week that it was selected as the recipient of $90 million in funding from the USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity.

With the funding, the Trust Protocol will build demand for what it calls “climate-smart” cotton while providing technical and financial assistance to more than 1,000 U.S. cotton farmers. What separates climate-smart cotton from the herd is the adoption of climate smart practices with a focus on detailed measuring, reporting and verification of cotton-growing.

This project is supported by the National Cotton Council’s export arm Cotton Council International, Cotton Incorporated, the Soil Health Institute, Soil and Water Outcomes Fund, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Agricenter International, Alabama A&M University and North Carolina A&T State University. In five years, the project is expected to support 1 million acres, or some 4 million bales of “Climate Smart Cotton.”

Meanwhile, cotton stakeholders in India and London are also opening up organic cotton demand and knowledge exchange via organizations like CottonConnect or India’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture.

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