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Garmatex Technologies, Inc (“Garmatex”), an industry disrupting inventor and supplier of scientifically-engineered performance fabrics, has launched its revolutionary fabric, Kottinu´, at The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market from January 21 to 24, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

If our cotton could speak, it would describe the extraordinary people behind its growth and cultivation. Our farmers are passionate: about their work, their crops and their communities. They are devoted to transforming an element from the earth into a fibre of our lives. They see a singular vision of the crop´s connection to what matters every day, and its embrace of all.

Global warming´ and ´carbon footprint´ are buzzwords now. Their importance and the consequential long-term devastating effects of ´Climate Change´ on the environment, habitat and even the existence of our mother Earth are widely discussed. This warming of atmospheric temperature is attributed to the emission of green house gases (GHG)´carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorocarbons are the major contributors

Cotton price is still down, and the global acreage is likely to follow suit. China´s warehoused cotton poses quality problem but in the medium-term, there could be reliefs with the demand for cotton from countries like India going up.

Our farmers are passionate: about their work, their crops and their communities. They are devoted to transforming an element from the earth into a fibre of our lives. They see a singular vision of the crop?s connection to what matters every day, and its embrace of all.

Cotton was the first fibre for mankind. Its history is replete with controversies.
Samuel Joseph attempts to delve into some of the recent contentious issues that have blurred the white gold´s image.