Agric4profits
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Cotton is one of the most widely grown and important crops worldwide, providing fiber for clothing, textiles, and other products. Cotton farming requires well-planned management practices, including selecting the right variety, preparing the soil, applying fertilizers, and managing pests.
Civil Eats
JUNE 27, 2024
Wild seaweeds had been harvested for centuries by Indigenous peoples on both coasts, for a range of uses including insulation, medication, and fertilizer. Later, seaweeds were then harvested from the wild for agricultural fertilizers and the cosmetics industry. We’ll trace the rise of seaweed farming in the U.S.
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ATTRA
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Building on the Climate Beneficial Verification program already developed by Fibershed, the program is also working with well-known clothing brands and textile manufacturers to expand markets for climate-smart wool and cotton.
Agwired
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The answer…soy-based textiles which are on the rise. Soy announces Clara Padgham from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the national winner of the NEXTILE: The Soy in Textile Design Challenge. Poultry litter is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and much of the waste product is applied to farmland as a low-cost fertilizer.
Modern Farmer
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
It was there she met Meg Erskine, co-founder and CEO of the Multicultural Refugee Coalition (MRC), the non-profit that oversees New Leaf and a textile manufacturing studio located at the church. When Bista was granted refugee status in 2010, she began taking English classes at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, 14 miles west of Manor.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 1, 2024
Textiles are a major source of microplastics in the ocean, where they weave their way into the food chain, causing untold harms to marine life. There is nowhere near enough fiber recycling infrastructure in the US, where 85 percent of used clothes and other textiles get sent to the landfill. percent of the world’s farmland but uses 4.7
NASDA
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Sincerely, Amcot American Association of Crop Insurers American Bankers Association American Beekeeping Federation American Cotton Producers American Cotton Shippers Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Peanut Shellers Association American Pulse Association American Soybean Association American Sugar Alliance American Sugarbeet Growers (..)
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