Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Organic - learn more and make change

I am very excited and honored to have had the opportunity to work with experts in the organic movement for an Earth Day series we did at prAna.

Make sure you check out all of the blog posts about organic, why it is important and why we need to look beyond the food we eat but also to the clothes we wear.

Post 1 - Annie's 
Shauna Sadowski Director of Sustainability shared why organic is important to Annie's and why they work so hard to ensure that the wonderful food they create takes care of the soil and the farmers. Read the post here

Post 2 - Hood River Garlic
Terri Hixson is an organic garlic and blueberry farmer here in Hood River where I live. She has been certified organic for 10 years and feel so strongly the need to only produce crops that are not poisoning the planet or herself. Read the post here

Post 3 - Textile Exchange
Liesl Truscott is the farm team manager for textile exchange is working directly with organic cotton farmers globally to understand and build capacity for organic cotton farmers. She shares the impact of organic and why we need to think broadly about the clothes we wear. Read the post here

Post 4 - prAna
Here I talk about the realities of organic cotton and the need to grow the amount of organic products in the market. We need to see a shift in consumer understanding and the efforts that prAna is taking to move this forward. Read the post here

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