Lab-grown cotton makers say process saves time and resources
22/04/2020
Incredible Cotton is engineered in labs through the multiplication of cells directly into the cotton fibre. By removing steps involved in the traditional farming of cotton, it’s grown without pesticides or fertilisers and uses far less water.
Founded by CEO Luciano Bueno, Galy has said the process to produce the equivalent of 1,000 tons of cotton takes 18 days instead of 180, is responsible for 80% water usage and gas emission, and takes 1,000 square metres of lab space instead of 2 million square metres of farm land.
“We make cotton from cells, not plants, in a lab, not on farms,” the company says on its website. “We can imitate nature and build things we thought were impossible using technology crafted in-house. We can grow real cotton, but we do it better.”
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