Organic cotton: 5 reasons why organic is better

Organic cotton is only cotton - but the better option. In this article, we explain why you should pay attention to the fact that T-shirts and the like are made of organic cotton when buying clothes.

Nature conservation: cultivating organic cotton saves water

• Droplet or furrow irrigation is used when growing organic cotton. This efficient irrigation uses significantly less water than normal cotton.
• Since only natural fertilizers such as humus and plant slurry are used for fertilization, the soil can also store the water better.

No pesticides on the skin

• About half of all clothing is made from cotton. So you wear a lot of material from the material directly on the skin. Conventional cotton cultivation is always accompanied by the use of pesticides and insecticides.
• In the course of its existence, a plant comes into contact with 8, 000 different pesticides - at least in small quantities, they also land on your skin. If you want to dye cotton, you should pay attention to natural plant colors.

Production ultimately cheaper

• Clothing made from organic cotton is usually a little more expensive. You won't find a T-shirt or a sweater for 3 euros made from organic cotton. However, the seeds actually cost the farmers less than the genetically modified or pesticide-treated seeds.
• In addition, the costs of excessive irrigation and chemical treatment are saved, but the yield is lower. So the production is cheaper. The higher price is still justified. A lot of manual work is required for organic cotton. This affects not only the harvest, but also weeding, for example.

By buying organic clothing you protect the health of the farmers

• When buying organic cotton clothes, don't just protect your own body from the negative effects of pesticides and insecticides.
• Even the cotton farmers - these are poor small farmers - are not exposed to these harmful substances - and, last but not least, nature is also spared.

Harvesting without chemical defoliants

• In contrast to conventional cultivation, organic cotton is not harvested by machine, but by hand.
• That is why no chemical defoliants are used in organic cotton harvesting. This protects the environment and the groundwater.

In the next post we will deal with the question of why the rainforest is being cut down. We present an overview of the reasons and actors.