China’s Dong Ping is king of hemp textiles
While European countries such as Romania, Hungary and France cannot be forgotten, most commercial hemp fabric today comes from China.
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Fair wage? But Poverty Makes Some Nice Pants
Sweatshops. Sounds kind’a nice as I watch the snow fall outside my window here in SLC, in April. Oh, to feel the sweat trickle down the small of my back and then slowly spread along my waistband front and back until it looks like I have thoroughly wet myself. Oh to feel a hard dirt [...]
So what is the objective of OTP?
OTP wishes to establish whether or not a pair of hemp pants can alter the global textile industry, bringing an end to sweatshop labor, by appealing to the concept of the double bottom line.
Crailar from Naturally Advanced Technologies and Hanes
“Wait ’till we get our hemp on you,” could be Hanes company’s new jingle sometime this year. Since late 2008 Hanes has been in discussion with Naturally Advanced Technologies about using their patented Crailar hemp fabric as a supplement to their standard cotton. This, ladies and gentlemen could be huge. First, Crailar is stronger, shrinks [...]
