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Khadi being manufactured in the region of Oaxaca

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    International News
  • Published
    27th Oct, 2020

  • Indian Prime Minister, in his Mann Ki Baat adress, made a reference to the region of Oaxaca (pronounced O-aa-ha-ka) in Mexico.
  • In Oaxaca, Khadi is being manufactured. 
  • Khadi Oaxaca is a farm-to-garment collective which comprises around 400 families. 
  • They live and work on traditional farms and homesteads in the Oaxaca region of southern Mexico.
  • It uses cotton produced and cultivated on the Oaxaca coast, and produces chemical-free clothing, relying on locally harvested plant-based dyes.

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