Tag Archives: Cotton

In 2014 the California cotton industry got a wake up call. Somewhere in the supply chain of turning high end cotton into fabric the products were being laced with inferior fiber. And now as FM89’s Ezra David Romero reports consumers can be sure they’re getting what they pay for. After …

In the early 2000s Fresno County produced more cotton than anywhere else in the country but today it’s hard to find cotton farms in the Central Valley. Cotton Farmer Paul Betancourt said "When I came out in 81 there was a million, a million and a half of acres of …