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Earth Alive launches hemp and cotton clean fiber initiative

Earth Alive Clean Technologies a leading Canadian Clean-Tech company, developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art microbial technology-based products for sustainable agriculture and mining, has launched the Clean Fiber Initiative, a collaborative research project to improve production of natural fiber crops in Canada and around the world.

Hemp has lower water requirements than other fiber crops; it is also highly regenerative for farm soils. Scaling up hemp production will require not only increasing the number of acres but also maximizing crop yield and quality. Hemp is a fiber crop that is experiencing rapid expansion in North America and around the world.

Cotton environmental impact is under growing scrutiny. With 30 million acres of cotton grown around the world and the serious challenges it poses such as soil degradation, water depletion, and pesticide contamination, cotton growers are in need of new tools and approaches that protect soil quality, while maintaining crop productivity.

Michael Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Earth Alive says Soil First platform will allow producers to improve productivity of their fiber cultures, while reducing the net impact on the environment it can monitor crop performance across a range of factors that are important to them.

Earth Alive currently has hemp trials underway with conventional and organic growers in Canada, as well as the US. Cotton trials are underway in Peru and Burkina Faso. Earth Alive is calling for more producers to join the initiative. Participants will establish Clean Fiber Initiative trial sites on their commercial plantations and Earth Alive technical staff will monitor and evaluate the plots throughout the initiative.

 

 
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