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 |  | Committee Purpose: The purpose of the Communications Committee is to oversee the communication strategies, policies and activities of Organic Exchange and ensure alignment with the brand and its mission. Task Forces 2007 Annual Conference For more information, contact Kathleen Wood The Conference Task Force is responsible for overseeing OE staff management of this event and ensuring the theme, content, process and budget are absolutely in line with the Board’s expectations. Additionally, this task force acts as a brainstorming and problem solving center for OE staff and recommends solutions to encountered issues to the Board. Sponsors: As of March 2007- Nordstrom; Central Textiles; Egedeniz; Esquel; Thai Alliance; Shell Foundation; ORTA ; Quick Feat; Reinhart; PT Indorama; Martin-Fabert Foundation top  Making Informed Choices For more information, contact Coral Rose Everyday brands and retailers make a huge number of choices about the products they offer their customers. These choices include the type of product made, the materials used to make it, the design of the product and its price. Farmers also have the right to make informed choices about what they plant and how they cultivate it, just as consumers do - and just as people have a rightful expectation of factual information. This report is the first segment in a series of reports by the Organic Exchange entitled Making Informed Choices. This series of reports is designed to help farmers, companies and consumers better understand the cotton production choices that are available, and the key environmental, economic and social issues associated with different methods of producing cotton. A comprehensive on-line E-book will be published in September 2007, and will provide stakeholders with a compilation of the entire series along with updates to previously published segments. View current "Making Informed Choices" top Messaging for Transitional Organic Cotton For more information, contact Kathleen Wood Farmers in the process of converting their land to organic must grow their crops according to certified organic methods for a period of three years. But what happens to those crops during that three year transition? They can’t be marketed as certified organic, so most of the crops are sold at a loss on the conventional market. If you’re a brand or retailer that would like to support these farmers in order to steadily increase the amount of organic cotton available worldwide. Thise group meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6a.m. PST via phone. Please contact Kathleen Wood if you are interested. top Medical Industry Outreach For more information, contact Maria Cox The purpose of this project is to develop the communication tools and avenues to educate the medical community about the environmental and health issues associated with cotton cultivation and to provide additional tools and industry-specific business models to support the adoption of organic cotton products. Funding: Martin-Fabert Foundation top Return to Committee Structure |