gLOBAL JOURNEY:
From organic
cotton fields
in india (left)
to high-end
bed linens from
U.S.–based
Coyuchi (above).

It is the end of the harvest season in Vidarbha, the cotton-growing hub in central India. In villages fringed by the verdant expanse of the cotton fields, there is a flurry of activity. Under the gentle winter sun, farmers carry loads of cotton to the storage area, weigh and note stock details, and pile them onto the waiting trucks headed to the mill.

Caught in this bustle is 57-year-old Hanumantharao Jalit, a farmer in Kirjawla village. A few years ago, at the insistence of a friend, debt-ridden Jali turned his 13-acre farm into an organic haven. “I wanted to experiment with less expensive farming methods,” he says. Turning away