Thursday, February 12, 2009

Organic Clothing

I'm noticing more and more people looking for organic clothing, especially for their wee-ones. Everyone starts off with organic clothing for their babies, whether diapers or baby blankets, but then it usually stops there. Sometimes people still buy the organic clothing for themselves, but because it was costly, they opted for the cheaper clothing. But now we need to start looking more closely at the organic clothing, due to how much healthier for the earth it is.

To be a certified organic farmer, they can not use any chemicals fertilizers, pesticides, and insecticides on their land for 3 years. If they do use any chemicals, it would be organic versions of these chemicals. Once the soil is free of contaminates, they can grow the cotton, hemp, bamboo, or soy products used in making the respective fabrics. But along the way, they also need to make sure that the dying, finishing, sewing process, and tags are also Eco-friendly too! When dealing with organic, it usually means higher quality and more attention to details, as to why it was more expensive early on. Now the best thing to do is just look for good deals and make sure the tags say that they were made with organic products versus the polyester and rayon materials, or just the plain old cotton.

I'm starting to find this topic more interesting, so expect to see more blogs about this topic!

Sami