Faded Glory^® T-shirts

Transitional and organic cotton farming avoids synthetic pesticides and fertilizers that can contaminate land, air and water and harm people, animals and the environment. When you purchase transitional cotton you are rewarding farmers for transitioning their practices from traditional farming to organic methods. 

Our Commitment to the Planet
At Wal-Mart and Faded Glory our commitment is to offer our customers quality products that are affordable, ethically sourced and environmentally friendly. The Faded Glory brand offers a variety of apparel in both organic and transitional cotton. Transitional cotton has unique story and process that the farmers must go through to become organic.

During the three-year conversion process for traditional farmers to become certified organic, farmers adhere to the same practices and standards as organic cotton farmers. Their crop, known as transitional cotton, costs the same to grow, but does not bring in the same premium as organic cotton. Wal-Mart made a commitment to the organic cotton industry by purchasing more than 12 million pounds of transitional cotton and paying suppliers the same price as they would receive for certified organic, because we know the farmer’s efforts protect water, soil, humans and habitats from exposure to synthetic chemicals and pesticides.

Wal-Mart’s purchase of 12 million pounds of transitional cotton will save over 89,000 pounds (that is over 40 tons) of synthetic chemicals from going into the earth. This purchase helped over 43,000 acres of farm land to be farmed with organic methods.

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