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I was part of a video team that documented the work of an innovative Savory Institute Hub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611bd2cfcbc7ef091f23a022/1631820485489-YP2Y2ZRBVQD874L8KF20/changing+ways+re.png Environment - Organic Cotton: Changing the Way Clothes Are Made Twenty years ago, New Mexico farmer Dosi Alvarez grew cotton like 99% of the world—with a barn full of chemicals. He’d get soaked by herbicides when hoses failed. His soil was so depleted he relied on synthetic fertilizer. When his son was born, he decided to go organic. 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