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Originally Posted by guzzle48
what is the soil special in Zimbabwe or something? why can't growers plant the same long strand cotton plants in some other country where the government doesn't abuse and tyrannise it's citizens?
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simple answer is yes they can....but sadly they don't.
many companies say the use Zim cottons, and most do, but the mass of it is from the Zimbabwe Cotton company, a company own by the government and selling ALL cotton from Zimbabwe, mixed together the many different strains and not paying the full price back to the growers, this is simply wrong, but you can still call it Zim Cotton, even though it'll be a mix of long and short chain and not all organic.
the good thing about the 'soil' or should I say it location is the high above sea level, the chill winds and the clear skies. the raw cotton is strong and clean. if you buy direct you can be sure you money goes where it should. this is sadly not the case right now.
we will stop using Zim cotton after this batch is done and will source else where the same strain or better.
As for a 'government doesn't abuse and tyrannise it's citizens' I ask you all, now many pairs of nike do you own? or adidas or levi or any big brand for that matter, do you drink coke? do you drink at starbucks? all are using 'bad' production systems and damage more people.
there has always been an 'issue' with the regain and they will always will be, I've been I've seen and I'm not happy doing business with it. that said when i worked for much larger companies i saw worse in there factories
so please 'boycott Zimbabwe cotton' but keep up the pressure on all of this. As producers it's our job to listen to our hearts and our customers.