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In India, chronic debt and crop failure have contributed to an epidemic, with roughly 48 farmer suicides per day recorded between 1995 and 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/99a83596-7cdd-4943-a499-7867705ea654/Christy+Dawn+120+AC_00920.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet Unlike machine harvesting, which strips the entire plant, organic cotton is often hand-picked. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/475281b8-f71c-4ec2-99f6-3b42484cb096/4+Christy+Dawn+120+AC_02951.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Morning prayers at the temple alongside the cotton field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/0b6d30c5-4d21-48b1-8095-302272828862/5+CD+920+AC_01489.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Women farmers carrying their lunch and water to the cotton fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/195674ac-a376-4ad5-aca0-9a1d936187ec/Christy+Dawn+1019+AC_05660.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) On the way to the cotton field. In India, chronic debt and crop failure have contributed to an epidemic, with roughly 48 farmer suicides per day recorded between 1995 and 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/25bb3648-2cfa-472a-8fc4-d1a822c9c432/9+CD+920+AC_00363.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) The transition of a cotton flower from creamy white to vibrant pink is a clear signal that pollination has successfully occurred. This colour change is a biological "status update" that helps the plant manage its resources and communicate with pollinators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/99a83596-7cdd-4943-a499-7867705ea654/Christy+Dawn+120+AC_00920.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Unlike machine harvesting, which strips the entire plant, organic cotton is often hand-picked. This allows workers to selectively harvest only mature, open bolls while leaving unopened ones to ripen, resulting in higher-quality, longer fibers that are softer and more durable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/977a4396-b67a-4b2b-bae6-3b63fc570b2f/8+Christy+Dawn+120+AC_00835.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Cotton picking is overwhelmingly performed by women, who comprise approximately 90% of the picking workforce in India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/73015eda-7d84-4158-977d-94aea4144fb0/7+Christy+Dawn+120+AC_00916.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Eshwari picking cotton at the field. Hand-picking keeps fibers intact and minimises "trash" (plant debris) in the harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/d568f77a-85c3-4d40-82d4-5adcdaef1854/Christy+Dawn+120+AC_01198.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Organic cotton farming creates a sanctuary for insects and butterflies by replacing "chemical warfare" with a balanced, living ecosystem. While conventional cotton covers only 2.5% of the world's land, it consumes 16% of all global insecticides, which indiscriminately kill pollinators and beneficial bugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/a077ac36-de02-4faf-96d3-45c04fbc9ffb/12+ACS08602.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reports that women in cotton face disproportionate barriers in access to land, inputs, finance, training, services, and decision-making, which limits how much they benefit from the value chain even when they do a large share of the work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/64fc7b03-b834-458a-b1ad-c32bb4a87360/11+Christy+Dawn+1019+AC_05519.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Organic cotton farming manages weeds through a combination of cultural and mechanical methods, relying on cover crops, crop rotation, and cultivation rather than synthetic herbicides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/7bd7647e-17ec-493e-98aa-fcd1574fd823/ACS07970.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) The scratching and pecking behavior of chickens helps aerate the soil and control larvae in the soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/09e31f12-7b62-4f07-b770-f2aa09487190/1+ACS08122.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Full grown cotton boll ready to be picked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69b1260d89fe7e73f8e4430a/002d011e-cfb3-4ab9-9635-c79cbde0e44e/19+CD+121AC_01796.jpg Land Beneath Our Feet (Copy) Kuppuswami inspecting the cotton fibre. 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