From Dirt to Shirt [Video]
Heather Cassano filmed and edited an excellent video about Cotton of the Carolinas. Check it out below. Thanks Heather!
Read MoreTS Designs’ Job Plan
As the President and the Republican candidates release their ideas for job legislation, I would like to offer our own job program for North Carolina. This will not require a lessening of government regulations or a cut in taxes or benefits. It won’t require more government spending, state or federal. It will only require we keeping more of our apparel and manufacturing in North Carolina. Last year North Carolina became the third largest grower of cotton in the US. We grow it; we gin it;...
Read MoreSustain-A-Bull and Local Shirts
The Herald Sun ran an article critical of Sustain-A-Bull for purchasing Cotton of the Carolinas shirts printed 30 miles away in Alamance County rather than offshore-made t-shirts printed in Durham. Though we understand that Sustain-A-Bull had to make a difficult decision – support 700 NC jobs over a few jobs in the city they inhabit – we think they made the right one (read our editorial response here). Cotton of the Carolinas is the epitome of local for North Carolina. No other...
Read MoreNew Video – Harvest 2010
Check out this great video filmed and edited by our own Natalie Saragusa - a chronicling of Harvest 2010 and the community surrounding it.
Read MoreAn Open Letter from President Eric Henry
As I reviewed our personal financial portfolio at the end of 2010, I noticed we got a nice bump to our net worth, gains from the stock market. On the other hand, it was another tough year for our small sustainable printed apparel company in North Carolina. A company that has transitioned to over 80% domestically made t-shirts with 50% of those made in North Carolina. Yes, our t-shirts cost more, but these shirts are made here, and we use cotton grown here. The nightly news and the...
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Cotton of the Carolinas is a collaboration of farmers and manufacturers across the state dedicated to growing, making, and selling its t-shirts in the Southeast.