• 02:44 . 26 Nov 2008 /// Posted by admin ///
• Tags: Veja Project, Organic Cotton, Nordeste

A semi arid area in Brazil: organic cotton farmers and reels of cotton threads...

• 08:46 . 26 Apr 2007 /// Posted by admin ///
• Tags: Taua, Organic Cotton

Tauá is the small village where the organic cotton of the Veja sneakers is cultivated. Tauá is located in the Northeast of Brazil, a dry area. 89 families associated in cooperatives live there on organic cotton.

• 05:06 . 8 Feb 2007 /// Posted by admin ///
• Tags: Organic Cotton, Pedro Jorge Lima PhD.

To start 2007 on a good basis, Veja organized a 2-day seminar during which organic cotton producers from the two different regions of Brazil where we work met Pedro Jorge Lima Pd D., the first Brazilian agronomist to introduce organic cotton in the Northeast Brazil back in the 90’s....

• 04:44 . 12 Jan 2007 /// Posted by admin ///
• Tags: Seringueiros, Organic Cotton, Florent Demarchez

The photographer Florent Demarchez followed us to Brazil. He has been to the Amazon and Ceará (North Brazil) to meet the “Seringueiros” (Rubber Trappers) and organic cotton producers we work with...

• 11:44 . 2 Nov 2006 /// Posted by admin ///
• Tags: Neem Tree, Organic Cotton

The Veja organic cotton growers have adopted natural practices to replace agrochemicals.
The Neem is an Asian tree they have planted in the cotton fields. Producers use Neem leaf extracts as a natural repellent to crop eating insects

• 04:12 . 2 Nov 2006 /// Posted by admin ///
• Tags: Organic Cotton, Nordeste, Agro-Ecology, ESPLAR

Veja works with a cooperative of small producers of organic cotton in the “Nordeste”, a dry and poor area in Brazil.

Almost 100 families have adopted the agroecological system proposed by ESPLAR, a local NGO. To reach sustainability and self-sufficiency the producers don’t only grow cotton but also maize, beans, sesame, and vegetables for their own consumption.