Organic cotton from Turkey, the world's largest grower, sells for about 20% more than the conventional sort.

世界上有机棉花最大的生产商——土耳其，出售多于普通棉花20%的有机棉花。

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Though the bing tuan is China's most efficient grower of cotton, thanks largely to its use of plastic strips (a Japanese invention) laid over the cotton seedlings to conserve moisture, it employs over 300, 000 workers for the harvest.

ECONOMIST: China

Moreover, America remains the world's second-largest grower of cotton (after China), and in many cases it still makes sense to weave near the farms, most of which are in such southern states as North Carolina and Mississippi, rather than to ship cotton abroad.

ECONOMIST: American textiles

Organic cotton from Turkey, the world's largest grower, sells for about 20% more than the conventional sort.

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