Why choose organic cotton over conventional cotton?
The pesticides used on ‘conventional’ cotton increasingly create threat to mankind and environment. Conventionally-grown cotton occupies hardly 3% of the world’s farmland, but uses more than 25% of the world’s harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides. And these harmful chemicals get absorbed into the plant, air, soil, water and eventually, our bodies. Thus, it imbalances the ecological system. But on the contrary, organic cotton is grown by using natural/organic fertilizers by enhanced natural farm management system like crop rotation method to improve the fertility of the soil. And second most important thing is that organic cotton is endorsed by third neutral independent body that ensures the buyer that what you are buying is organic and been grown as per the international standard. So by supporting the concept of organic cotton you not only support a man kind but also contribute a lot to the environment.
