To view the youtube clips at school go to the PUBLIC network, search for the 8 Home Economics folder and click on the Cotton videos folder. Choose either Conventional or Organic cotton depending on your research.
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Cotton Australia is the peak body for Australia’s cotton growing industry, supporting over 1500 cotton farming families in NSW and Queensland.
The following are links to Fact Sheets produced by Cotton Australia and are a great overview of Cotton Production.
These information sources are linked to dynamic resources such as video, websites, research and case studies.
Click here to view/download How Cotton is Grown Part Two.
This clip was published by Cotton Australia on January 28, 2013. It provides an overview of Cotton production in Australia.
For your bibliography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbKh1Xtfmao&list=UUcTsQcz7PRPX1bl3J3ORv-g
Uploaded on October 31 2012, this video looks at one Australian families cotton farm in Queensland. Watch the video to hear about their work to adopt Best Practice Techniques (BMP) to grow sustainable cotton. Click here for a fact sheet about BMP. Published by the Fitzroy Basin Association.
For your bibliography the authoring body is the Fitzroy Basin Association and the web address is http://www.fba.org.au/portfolio/portfolio1/
This prezi was published on 12 September, 2013 by Cotton Australia.
For your bibliography http://prezi.com/tzrjuk06rqih/visual-story-of-cotton/
This video uploaded on February 6, 2012 gives a basic recount of an Australian cotton season on a farm. The cotton growers are irrigated growers from Mungindi in NSW and their average yield is 5-5.25 bales per acre.
For your bibliography the author is Bess Gairns, the date accessed is the date you watch it in the following format, example 22 November 2015 and the website address is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzLqkaou6JI
These PDFs will provide additional information about the Processing and Manufature of Cotton.
Nan Yang Textile Co., Ltd. is the spinning mill of the Nan Yang Textile Group. The dyeing and finishing of yarn is done at the Nan Yang Knitting factory. Nan Yang Knitting Factory is a textile dyeing and finishing company, active in custom pre-treatment, scouring, bleaching, calendering, and specialty finishing of cotton and cotton-blended yarn and fabrics.
For your bibliography the authoring body is Nan Yang Textile Group and the web address is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tLQRawPzU8
This video was made in 2012 by Self Edge Denim.
For your bibliography the authoring body is Self Edge Denim and the web address is http://vimeo.com/38817626
Remember the video you saw in class about Organic and Conventional Cotton growing? If not go to the clickview player on the computer desktop and relook at it. It outlines the differences between the two.
Search : How green are your jeans : fibre growing and textile manufacture and watch chapters 2, 3 and 4 (only 6 minutes)
To use this as a reference, use ORG choose Senior Bibliography and use Audiovisual material - digital library and click on digital library.