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The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol also named a Lenzing veteran as executive director.

Textiles expert and WhatTheyThink contributor Debbie McKeegan does a great job of keeping up with the latest industry news especially as it relates to sustainability. We were pleased to read this post on her site, and thank her for allowing us to reprint it: The U.S. Climate Smart Cotton Program is another example of how textiles in North America, from field, to fiber, to fabric, is working to become more sustainable and this grant awarded by the USDA will help in establishing adoption of climat...

1000 grower milestone reached on World Cotton Day

Sometimes—or maybe even most times—it seems like progress toward sustainability and a more circular life cycle moves at a snail’s pace. But behind the scenes, the industry’s suppliers are making amazing progress. Textiles expert and WhatTheyThink contributor Debbie McKeegan tracks many of these initiatives at Texintel’s Eco News. Here are some recent headlines.

/PRNewswire/ -- The Soil Health Institute (SHI) congratulates all recently announced USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Grant recipients. As an...

The USDA is promoting sustainable cotton farming practices through its Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities.

USDA is investing up to $2.8 billion in selected projects through the first round of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities.

Texas A&M AgriLife Research will receive up to $65 million to expand climate-smart agriculture and forestry practices.

The grant is part of a federal investment in 70 partnerships recently announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.