INTRODUCTION
Have
you ever thought about where the clothes you
and your family wear come from, or the dressing
you put on your salad, or the sheets you crawl
under at night before you go to sleep? It
comes from cotton! Cotton.the most important
and widely used fiber ever known to man. Cotton
is used for thousands of things, including
clothes, space suits for astronauts and ingredients
in the food we eat.
How
it is grown, cultivated, harvested and
finally processed into cloth and other
co-products is what you will be learning
about in this story of cotton and Cotton's
Journey - A field Trip in a Box.
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Our
Cotton Board
Regional
Field Managers
support education
in all areas
of the Cotton
Belt. They
are an excellent
source of information
for persons
interested
in learning
more about
cotton.
Johnny
Pitts, Senior Director of field Services-Mid-South. Serving as the direct link to the Cotton Research and romotion Program for Upland cotton producers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee. Contact Johnny at (662) 226-0091 or jpitts@cottonboard.org.
Marc
Bankston ,Southeast Regional Director of Field Services. Serving as the direct link to the Cotton Research and Promotion Program for Upland cotton producers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Contact Marc at (901) 274-1350 or mbankston@cottonboard.org
Paul Dugger, West Regional Director of Field Services. Serving as the direct llink to the Cotton Research and Promotion Program for Upland cotton producers in Arizona and California. Contact Paul at (901) 271-1360 or pdugger@cottonboard.org
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Cotton's Journey From Seed to You STUDENT BOOKLET
Activity and storybook illustrated by a student for other students to enjoy. A perfect companion to "Cotton's Journey From Seed to You" video. Includes a: Time-line, word search, fill-in-the-blank, and other activites. Once completed an "Official Cotton Farmer Certificate" is available for presenting......
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FACTS NOT FEAR Book
The first guidebook to help parents and teachers give their children and students a more balanced, science-based view of the many environmental controversies they encounter. In simple, non-technical language, authors Samera and Shaw explain the myths and facts concerning fourteen major environmental.....
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