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A Loom With a View
The U.S. organic cotton industry has a tough row to hoe |
Jason Mark |
20 Nov 2006 |
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| The view from the Panoche Cotton Gin outside Firebaugh, Calif., reveals a great deal about the state of the cotton industry in the U.S. A generation ago, fields of cotton surrounded the gin as far as the eye could see. Today, the gin -- a warehouse-sized plant that can clean and bundle dozens of tons of cotton a day -- is flanked on all sides by almond orchards, groves upon groves of the tall tre ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, business, fashion (all these topics) |
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