The subject of producing organic food and clothing has been debated for many years now, and for the most part everyone agrees it is for the greater good that we care about how our livestock is being treated and what fertilisers are used to care for the plants. I briefly did some Google research for this blog, typing “devastation caused by fertilisers” into the search engine and the results were as expected –huge. The list produced by The Fertilizer Guide is enough to make my point, but it’s well worth doing the search for yourself if you don’t believe me (http://www.thefertilizerguide.com/effectsofchemicalfertilizers.html). To read about the main counter argument I typed “bad effects of organic farming” and the results were less clear and very old, with many not convinced of the case against organic farming.
If you agree then I’d like to take you to our next point –making them in Britain. It’s wonderful that many countries are taking on organic farming practices, ensuring the farms we have invested in overseas are being looked after. However at Celtic Sheepskin we wanted to keep the emphasis on buying locally. We believe in paying a fair wage to our own UK workers and the result is high-quality organic clothing, certified by GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard http://www.global-standard.org) Unfortunately we can’t get all our organic clothing made in the UK and a handful is made in Portugal. This is less than 20% of the miles away we would import from if we opted to produce our clothing in China, as we are keen to keep our carbon footprint to minimum levels.
So what delights have we got in our spring collection? Well our gorgeous model Amelie had great fun dancing around on our Cornish beaches and eloquently posing on shore-side decking! In the images above she wears (left to right) Organic Longline Cowl £45, Organic Pointelle Hoodie £56 and Organic Cotton ‘Skress’ £52 all three pieces are made in the UK.
If you agree then I’d like to take you to our next point –making them in Britain. It’s wonderful that many countries are taking on organic farming practices, ensuring the farms we have invested in overseas are being looked after. However at Celtic Sheepskin we wanted to keep the emphasis on buying locally. We believe in paying a fair wage to our own UK workers and the result is high-quality organic clothing, certified by GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard http://www.global-standard.org) Unfortunately we can’t get all our organic clothing made in the UK and a handful is made in Portugal. This is less than 20% of the miles away we would import from if we opted to produce our clothing in China, as we are keen to keep our carbon footprint to minimum levels.
So what delights have we got in our spring collection? Well our gorgeous model Amelie had great fun dancing around on our Cornish beaches and eloquently posing on shore-side decking! In the images above she wears (left to right) Organic Longline Cowl £45, Organic Pointelle Hoodie £56 and Organic Cotton ‘Skress’ £52 all three pieces are made in the UK.
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