About Us
Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative (TOCMC) members have historically produced the majority of the organic cotton grown in the United States. Most of these organic farmers are located in the South Plains region surrounding Lubbock, Texas, and are USDA-NOP organic certified by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). The cooperative, which is also Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified, has approximately 40 producer members who plant 18-20,000 acres of organic and transitional cotton each year. In recent years, total annual production on these family farms has ranged from 10,000 to 17,000 bales. Since many of these farms have limited or no irrigation, yields are very rainfall dependent and vary significantly from year to year. TOCMC members grow other organic crops including peanuts, wheat, corn, blue corn, milo, forage sorghum, soybeans, blackeye peas, and watermelons. Also, the cotton seed, which is separated from the cotton fiber in the ginning process, is marketed to organic dairies for feed.
What We Offer
TOCMC supplies organic and transitional cotton to mills and merchants worldwide. Each bale of cotton is tracked from the field to the customer and has USDA HVI classing specifications as well as USDA-NOP and GOTS certification.
