Organic Beginnings
Josie Hua of Fountain Set fabric mill looks at organic grown cotton in Firebaugh, Calif. Farmers in the United States produce a small portion of the organic cotton used by the apparel industry, which still sources most of its fibers overseas. The market is clearly booming, however: the Organic Exchange predicts that sales of organic cotton fiber will reach $226 million by 2009, up from about $19 million in 2004.