There is an abundance of natural and synthetic materials available to today's consumer, but when it comes to clothing and home furnishings, cotton is king. In fact, cotton is the most widely used ...

Rohner believes there will be a slow expansion toward organic cotton farming in Arizona. About 30% of Yuma’s leafy-green farmland is certified organic and sits fallow in the summertime.

Even as climate and committed farmers help AZ rank high for cotton, organic markets, seed production and tech innovation could be the crop's future.

To grow cotton, large amounts of pesticides, water and land are needed. As a response to these environmental impacts, standards have been developed, including organic cotton standards. But is organic ...

Rayner witnessed the boom of cotton farming in Arizona at an early age. It was a time when 42% of the total cropland in the state was cotton most of the year, and miles of it bloomed from Yuma to ...

Initiated three years prior, the initiative was established to assist smallholder farmers in Benin to make the switch to organic cotton farming under the Cotton made in Africa Organic (CmiA ...