Madhya Pradesh organic cotton farmers on average earn 17,079 rupees (about $227) from a harvest, almost 21 percent less than conventional cotton farmers, according to a 2017 report by Organic ...

Planet Money followed the making of a simple cotton t-shirt through the global economy. From Mississippi to Indonesia to Bangladesh to Colombia and back to the U.S. Listen to the stories here.

And here are some fascinating numbers Planet Money dug up about the T-shirt making process. It took 13 people and 26 machines on one farm to produce enough cotton for 9.4 million T-shirts in one ...

The T-shirt is made from single-origin cotton from a regenerative farm in Alabama, and spun, cut, and sewn without leaving a three-state, 400-mile radius. And this particular T-shirt is not just a ...