Cotton Monkey Announces Organic Baby Bedding in Color

Cotton Monkey is now offering organic baby bedding beaming with color and style.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) September 15, 2006 -- Until recently, organic baby bedding was only available in shades of drab beige. The new challenge is to use organic fabric with low-impact inks and dyes to create exciting fabrics. Cotton Monkey is now offering organic baby bedding beaming with color and style.

When the founder of Cotton Monkey, Michelle Meyer, was expecting her son in 2005, she wanted to decorate the nursery to be both organic and stylish, but she quickly discovered there were few choices for organic baby bedding available. It was frustrating since she has a background in architecture and views every task as a design project. Meyer comments, “I didn’t need the most beautiful fabrics, but a little color would have been nice. I don’t like to compromise, but eventually I chose conventionally grown cotton bedding with a colorful print and tried to redeem myself by painting the walls with non-toxic paint!” Meyer decided that parents shouldn’t have to compromise since organic fabrics are becoming more readily available.

It was at this point Cotton Monkey was born. The company offers several styles of colorful organic baby bedding that have “merged modern with organic to create well-designed and environmentally sensitive designs for children.” Cotton Monkey’s products have definitely found an important niche, the bedding is now available at multiple locations throughout the US and internationally.

The company name, Cotton Monkey, is meant to indicate playfulness, which comes naturally to children. It’s easily remembered yet doesn’t hammer the message of organic or green, Meyer hopes that organic fabrics will become the norm and brands won’t need to distinguish themselves one way or the other.

The company is a family enterprise, with the part-time help of Meyer’s husband and two contractors in Dallas who help with production. “Keeping production in the US is important to me. I have the comfort of knowing that there are no child laborers and all of the workers are fairly compensated.” The contractors for Cotton Monkey are housed in an old gas station, which has plenty of natural light and during nice weather, the garage doors can be opened for natural ventilation.

“Once I discovered the problems with conventionally grown cotton, the advantages of organics seemed obvious,” Meyer states. Conventionally grown cotton uses more insecticides than any other single crop and epitomizes the worst effects of chemically dependent agriculture. The numbers are staggering, conventional cotton farming uses approximately 2.5% of the world's farmland but consumes 25% of the world's chemical insecticides. Not only is organic cotton good for babies, but also it is good for the water, air, wildlife, farmers and everyone.

For further information, contact Michelle Meyer at 214-367-0725 or visit www.cottonmonkey.com.

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