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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 06:12 PM Aug 2014

Localize this! Dirt to shirt within 600 miles

https://bealocalist.org/making-case-localism-ts-designs

TS Designs is a full-package, wholesale, custom printed apparel company, selling primarily T-shirts. It created a competitive niche in the United States through a patented, eco-friendly printing process called REHANCE, and sourcing North Carolina cotton directly from local farmers. They’ve also been instrumental in inspiring the production of the first certified organic cotton in the state.

TS Designs models the BALLE principle that "Place Matters." The company has woven together a North Carolina-based value chain called Cotton of the Carolinas, under the slogan "Dirt to Shirt in 600 Miles." The program impacts 500 jobs in the state in a completely transparent supply chain. The key to success, says the president Eric Henry, is "to keep the soul of the business intact."
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Localize this! Dirt to shirt within 600 miles (Original Post) eridani Aug 2014 OP
I love my great state of North Carolina. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #1
Nice cantbeserious Aug 2014 #2

littlemissmartypants

(22,694 posts)
1. I love my great state of North Carolina.
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:32 PM
Aug 2014

And the beautiful people that inhabit it.

Thanks for your post, eridani.

Love, Peace and Shelter.
Lmsp

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