Maggie's Organics

Where do we even begin! We love Maggie's for so many reasons, so let's start from the top. Maggie's Organics lives and breathes transparency. Their website offers detailed information regarding production, labor practices, philosophies, methodologies, and much more all sorted by product type. Transparency is a rare quality for most apparel companies, but Maggie's Organics is proud of what goes on under the hood. For example, their legging's begins with organic cotton grown in the Chincha region of coastal Peru. The farmers enter a direct contract with Maggie's, which ensures a pre-set price for the cotton produced to help share the risks associated with climate change and the volatility of growing seasons that pose threats to farmers. The fiber is processed with a cotton gin in Peru which is then sent to a family owned spinning mill that uses a slower and less impactful method to create the threads used for the leggings. After that, a family-owned knitter in Lima takes the threads and turns them into usable textiles which are finally cut and sewn by a brother-sister run sew shop. Every. single. production. facility. is GOTS certified (!), and the workers are paid above fair-trade wages. The end result is a high-quality pair of leggings, lovingly and respectfully crafted with the interests of the employees in mind. In addition to the immense amount of care that goes into creating each and every product they sell, they have the accolades to show it as well. In 2012 the U.S. Department of State conducted a study which rated 300 clothing brands on their efforts to address child and forced labor in their supply chains, worker's rights, monitoring, and traceability. Maggie's ranked #1 out of all 300 apparel brands. Maggie's is also a member of the Fair Trade Federation and is certified by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) organization. We wish we had unlimited space to write about this brand, but you really have to see it to believe it. Check out their amazing products below‚ we won't blame you if you get carried away with your shopping cart.