Organic

Organic for Children
Organic Cloth Diapers
Fuzbaby Organic Cotton Cloth Diapers

Industry and consumer organizations have extensive organic information available.

• Organic Consumers Association has a clear, active website and a large membership base from which to launch effective educational and legislative campaigns. If you want to hear the real deal on organics NOW, start here.

• Co-op America offers directories and programs for consumers and businesses, including the National Green Pages—the best source for products from sustainable businesses, since every business member has been screened.

• Find products through the Organic Trade Association’s member directory, National Organic Pages Online.

• OTA's O’Mama Report is a lush newsletter for consumers. Organic Consumers Association is an excellent source for timely and reliable organic news.

[SEM image of 100% organic cotton at 250x magnification copyright 2000 Marc Pehkonen.]

Organic for Children

Many of the organic resources for children involve organic gardening, so get out your gloves and your bugs.

• HDRA, a UK charity for organic gardening, horticulture and food, has resources to help establish Organic Gardens for Schools.

A lot of sites exist to help you set up and organic garden for children or to tell you how an existing children’s organic garden is working.

• Growing Green Kids in San Francisco brings garden-based education to schools.
• The nearby Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley shows how they have integrated their school garden, including specific lessons.
• The US Department of Agriculture has Sustainable Agriculture resources for K-12 teachers.
• The Center for Ecoliteracy, founded by Fritjof Capra, seeks to educate for sustainability. This includes community and systems thinking. They offer rich resources for sustainability education.

Why Choose Organic Cotton for Diapers?

At no point in the growth or production of organic fibers are chemicals used. Even in the absence of pesticides, herbicides and insecticides, though, cotton is an intense crop. Cultivation takes a lot of water, which is a big issue in some areas where cotton is grown in the U.S., such as the desert southwest. Cotton is, however, an excellent fiber for diapers—soft and absorbent.

Organic cotton can be an environmentally friendly choice, especially if the farms where the cotton is grown practice responsible water management. As long as hemp production is restricted in the U.S., if you are looking for a domestically-produced fiber, organic cotton is your best choice.

Fuzbaby Organic Cotton Cloth Diapers

All currently available Fuzbaby fitted cloth diapers and contour cloth diapers produced from certified 100% organic cotton made in USA.

Purefuz cloth diapers:
Colorgrown and Organic Cotton

When you want a fiber grown close to home, closer than many fibers available, that is, organic cotton is a good choice for U.S. consumers. For softness and fabric choices, you just cannot beat cotton. In the past we made Purefuz diapers from organic cotton in either woven fabrics or knit terry or fleece. Sometimes, when the diaper muse visited, we even found some great colorgrown organic fabrics for limited edition diapers.

• Fitted organic cotton cloth diapers
• Contour diapers in sets with Almost-in-one wool diaper cover
• Elemental hand printed organic cotton diapers
• Fuzbaby Diaper Garden organic cotton diapers
• Organic cloth diapers in our Diaper Art Gallery