Hi everyone:
Another update from the OE Show (Organic Exchange). In a couple of weeks take a look at Anvil Knitwear’s web site. They have taken the history of their T Shirts and developed lesson plans and information for children that can be directly traced to the shirt. This is similar to what our local textile hero TS Designs is doing and some other companies as well. Anvil is now the 6th largest purchaser of organic and transitional cotton in the USA and is now committed to buy USA organic product before buying offshore. They are also Oeko-Tex certified for much of their product line, which is great for my business.
Out here in the Northwest, everything is becoming about sustainability, local production, human powered transport, and alternative energy. The taxi we rode in from the airport was NG powered. Having never lived in an urban environment, it is a nice change from our home at patio nirvana in Elon, but we will be glad to get home on Saturday.
There were about 300 people at this conference from all around the world representing the organic fibers industry and many of the major brands. I wore my company shops shirt one day and got many questions about what we were doing and how it was going. If we can get this money raised and get to work on the store, perhaps we will have a nice vibrant scene in downtown B’ton, but I doubt we will throw salmon around like they do at the Pike market.
Sam Moore
News from the OE Expo: shifting back to US made textiles?
Hi everyone:
Another update from the OE Show (Organic Exchange). In a couple of weeks take a look at Anvil Knitwear’s web site. They have taken the history of their T Shirts and developed lesson plans and information for children that can be directly traced to the shirt. This is similar to what our local textile hero TS Designs is doing and some other companies as well. Anvil is now the 6th largest purchaser of organic and transitional cotton in the USA and is now committed to buy USA organic product before buying offshore. They are also Oeko-Tex certified for much of their product line, which is great for my business.
There were about 300 people at this conference from all around the world representing the organic fibers industry and many of the major brands. I wore my company shops shirt one day and got many questions about what we were doing and how it was going. If we can get this money raised and get to work on the store, perhaps we will have a nice vibrant scene in downtown B’ton, but I doubt we will throw salmon around like they do at the Pike market.
Sam Moore