Why Organic?

Bambino Land is proud to offer many fine innovative products made from organic, sustainable and eco-friendly materials.

About Organic Cotton
25% of the world’s pesticides are sprayed on cotton, causing devastation to our land, air, water and the health of people living in conventional cotton-growing areas. The simple act of growing and harvesting the one-pound of cotton fiber needed to make a T-shirt takes an enormous toll.

When cotton is grown organically, it is done without the use of chemicals or harmful pesticides. Sustainable and organic growing methods support biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, improving the quality of the soil, using less water and helping to prevent groundwater pollution. Organic farmers rely on crop rotation to replenish and maintain soil fertility. Mechanical cultivation and botanical or biological means are used to control pests and weeds.

A field must be pesticide-free for at least three years to be certified organic, and the cotton must be processed according to international organic standards.

The standards also set strict guidelines for transportation and storage to avoid cross-contamination. In the U.S., cotton labeled as organic has to be certified by an independent agency recognized by the USDA's National Organic Program.

About Bamboo
Bamboo is a wonderfully sustainable resource. It is naturally organic because it is grown without pesticides or chemicals, is 100% biodegradable, and is naturally regenerative. 

Sustainable
Moso bamboo is the world’s most prolific and fastest-growing plant. Bamboo is able to reach maturity in about four years. Bamboo is a grass, so once cut it will regenerate in the same way as your garden lawn.

Bamboo is planted and grown on family-owned farms that have been in agricultural use for generations. None of the fiber comes from tropical forests, nor are any panda habitats depleted or compromised.

Eco-Friendly
Bamboo absorbs 35% more carbon dioxide than equivalent stands of trees. More bamboo would help to cut the globally rising levels of carbon dioxide and help in the fight against global warming.

Bamboo Fabric is luxuriously soft, absorbent, breathable, thermo-regulating, antibacterial and hypoallergenic—perfect for baby’s extra sensitive skin.

About Wool
Organic wool is also one of the most versatile and healthy choices for bedding or clothing. It is sensitive to your body's temperature - keeping you warm in winter and comfortable in summer.

Organic wool is naturally resistant to dust mites, molds, mildews and odors. Organic wool is almost entirely non-allergenic.

Organic wool is naturally resistant to flames, and will not "catch fire", and is the best way to guard against fire-related injuries. This makes wool the safest choice for bedding, and is specifically used in organic bedding products.

Soft as cashmere and warmer, lighter and stronger than wool, it comes in more colors than any other fiber-producing animal. This cashmere-like fleece, once reserved for Incan royalty, and is now enjoyed by spinners and weavers around the world.

Alpaca fiber is unusually strong and resilient, yet lightweight because each fiber contains microscopic air pockets. This gives alpaca a tremendous thermal capacity that allows for breathable fiber with an insulating nature. It’s lanolin free (lanolin holds dust and microscopic allergens that create allergies to wool), which allows for the hypoallergenic nature of the fiber.

Alpaca is a renewable resource sure to please the eco-conscious consumer.

About Hemp
Hemp is extremely environmentally friendly! Hemp requires no pesticides or fertilizers and much less water than other crops. Hemp grows quickly (70 to 110 days) producing crops once a year, unlike trees, which take many years to grow to a usable size. Hemp uses minimal nutrients from the soil and hemps long roots aerate the soil, leaving it rich for future crops. 

Hemp fabrics are stronger, more absorbent, more insulative, and more durable than cotton and they don’t stretch out of shape. Natural organic hemp fiber "breathes" and is biodegradable. Hemp will produce 1500 pounds of fiber per acre, whereas cotton will produce only 500 pounds per acre!

Today, hemp is grown around the world but primarily in Europe, Asia, South America and Canada. In the United States, it is illegal to grow hemp except by special permit, which is a rarity. This situation is the result of politics related to protecting the interests of cotton and tree growers and misinformation about industrial hemp's psychoactive effects.

About Soybean Fiber
Soybean fiber is a sustainable textile fiber made from renewable natural resources. It is part of an effort moving consumers away from petrochemical textile products and turning waste into useful products.

Soybean fiber is part of "sustainable clothing", where sustainable raw materials or waste are used to produce textile products. Soybean fiber does not add any extra burden on mother nature, Another way to look at it is like using "recycled paper," turning waste into useful things thus greatly reduced impact on environment.

Aside from being eco-friendly, soybean fiber itself also has superior warmth retention and moisture transmission, thus keeping babies warm and dry. Soybean fiber is soft, smooth, and light. It has cashmere feel, but is smoother than cashmere. Soybean fiber has a silky luster with perfect drape and elegant feel. It has the same moisture absorption as cotton but with better moisture transmission than cotton, making it more comfortable to wear. Soybean fiber has a stronger tensile strength than wool and almost as good as wool in terms of warmth retention.

Caring for soybean fabric is relatively easy as it can be machine washed with little shrinkage and air-dried. We don't recommend high temperature drying because it will damage the protein structure.