Join Fibershed at the Climate Beneficial™ Cotton Fall Farm Tour at Pedretti Ranches near Merced, California, on October 27th.
The tour is uniquely designed for apparel and textile brands, designers, and mills seeking cotton sources that align with climate, traceability, social, and product quality goals.
If you’re attending the Textile Exchange Conference, this tour is perfectly timed a day before conference events start in Pasadena.
At Pedretti Ranches, you’ll get your hands in the soil, dialogue with the farmer about what’s required to transition to practices that restore soil health and function, network with other industry-leading brands, and hear from Climate Beneficial team members about the value of farm-traced material supply networks.
As a fourth-generation family farm transitioning to Climate Beneficial™ cotton farming, Pedretti Ranches has begun to integrate practices including cover cropping, reduced tillage, compost application, and grazing animals on cover crops to build healthy soils, enhance biodiversity, and contribute to climate stability.
The tour is an incredible opportunity to deepen your knowledge of the steps being taken to regenerate the soils that produce our food, grow your professional network and unlock opportunities for your brand, mill or design house.
We have limited space for the tour and encourage you to register soon!
Tour tickets include:
- Bus transportation from the El Capital hotel in Merced to the farm and back
- Coffee
- Lunch
If you have any questions or need more information, please email ClimateBeneficial@fibershed.org.
This event is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, through a Climate Smart Commodities Grant, under agreement number NR233A750004G021. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
