Why Organic Cotton

We want your baby to feel warm and safe, now and in the future.

Organic cotton retains its natural oils, has excellent heat retention, moisture absorption, and breathability.  And its fibers become softer, fluffier, and smoother to the touch with each wash.  And because organic cotton is grown without toxic pesticides or herbicides, synthetic fertilizers, or genetically engineered seeds, it helps to protect the Earth so your baby can grow up in a cleaner world. 

 

Why we chose organic cotton.

We are a little company with big ambitions.  So, we're starting to make whatever changes we can at home by choosing to source our material in America.  We feel that it's important that the people and the land that is making the fabrics we use, are taken care of. 

 

This is because the method of organic farming uses natural methods of farming to get healthy cotton plants.  Crops are rotated to replenish the land.  Toxic pesticides or herbicides, chemical fertilizers, or genetically modified seeds are not used.  Weeds are controlled with botanical pesticides that break down quickly when exposed to oxygen and sunlight.  Pests are controlled using traps or predator insects.

 

Then when the fabric is made, it's a matter of cleaning the cotton, spinning it into yarn, and weaving it into a fabric.  Cleaning the cotton can be done by using a method that's like using giant tumble dryers where the dirt falls out of the cotton.  Or it can be cleaned through another water-free and mechanical process called "carding" where the cotton is combed repeatedly.  Then it's spun into a fiber, and woven into fabric.   No chemicals or was water used. 

 

Why we don't use Bamboo.

You may ask why we don't use a sustainable plant that can grow as much as 2 feet each day and grows without fertilization.  It's because of the process that's used to produce the bamboo fibers is similar to the production of Rayon.  It uses solvents such as Sodium Hydroxide, to break down the fibers into a pulp (the viscose process).  Then once softened, the pulp is squeezed out in a solution of  carbon disulfide to make the fibers (hydrolysis alkalization).  Carbon disulfide is known to be harmful to human reproduction.  And from this process, only 50% is recovered.  The remainder is let out into the environment by whatever means deemed acceptable by the manufacturers.  This isn't acceptable for us.