Eco Fashion World

Porto, Portugal is “Organic Cotton City” this week (October 14-17 2008) while hosting the global Organic Exchange conference “New Growth Opportunities: Using Organic Cotton to Strengthen Sustainability, Resource and Investment Strategies”. Portugal is an important manufacturing country for the fashion industry and is therefore chosen as a meeting point for the approximately 300 international representatives from throughout the organic fiber supply chain.

Participants will learn about and discuss best practices, emerging issues, and strategies to maximize the return on investment from organic cotton. The ever-popular Organic Textile Marketplace will enable companies to display their organic products and discuss business opportunities in the most efficient manner.

Organic Exchange is a U.S.-based non-profit organization facilitating expansion of the global organic fiber supply by working closely with farmers, leading brands and retailers, and their business partners to develop organic fiber programs. According to the Organic Exchange Organic Farm and Fiber Report 2007, the amount of organic cotton produced globally increased 53 percent from 2005/06 to 2006/07,with 57,931 metric tons (MT), or 265,517 bales, produced in 24 countries on all arable continents. More information about the organization and the conference is available at www.organicexchange.org.

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