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Organic cotton production in Africa takes place in at least 8 countries. The earliest producer (1990) was the SEKEM organization in Egypt; the farmers involved later convinced the Egyptian government to convert 400,000 hectares of conventional cotton production to integrated methods, [20] achieving a 90% reduction in the use of synthetic ...
Sally Fox (born 1955) is a cotton breeder who breeds naturally colored varieties of cotton. She is the inventor of Foxfibre®️ and founder of the company Natural Cotton Colors Inc. Fox invented the first species of environmentally friendly colored cotton that could be spun into thread on a machine.
The company went public in 1945, and continued to expand by financing cotton growers in several states. [10] Monroe Anderson died in 1939, leaving a legacy which was used to fund the M.D. Anderson Foundation which, in turn, funded the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center by matching funding from the state of Texas. [11]
Cotton fields in the United States. The United States exports more cotton than any other country, though it ranks third in total production, behind China and India. [1] Almost all of the cotton fiber growth and production occurs in the Southern United States and the Western United States, dominated by Texas, California, Arizona, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Production of Supima cotton has risen from about 100,000 bales per year in the 1980s to over 800,000 bales in 2006. More than 90% of Supima cotton is exported from the United States, the majority of this being for the overseas manufacture of yarn , finished fabrics , clothing, sheets and towels which are re-exported to the United States for sale.
Jane Y. McCallum served as Secretary of State of Texas from 1927 to 1933, the longest term of office. The following is a list of secretaries of state of Texas for both the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas. [1]
Clayton entered government service in World War I as a member of the Cotton Distribution Committee of the War Industries Board.Although he was a Democrat, he opposed the New Deal agricultural policies of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but the New Deal's free trade policies led him to support Roosevelt in the 1936 election.
John Coyle White (November 26, 1924 – January 21, 1995 [2]) was an American Democratic politician from Texas. He was the longest-serving Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, first elected in 1950 and serving until his resignation in 1977. He was the youngest person ever elected to statewide office in Texas.