Lab-Grown Cotton Enters The Market With Galy-Suzuran Partnership
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Suzuran says it plans to use thousands of tons a year of Galy’s “Literally Cotton” fibers as part of a 10-year, $50 million partnership.
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Cotton is one of the worst things to grow in 99% of the world yet we do it as a cash crop.

In Australia cotton farmers are turning rivers dry, and if you know Australia we don’t have much water to begin with.

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the worlds fourth largest lake was almost entirely drained by cotton cultivation

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