If you doubt whether your choice to buy “Made in USA” apparel, including cloth diapers, has any effect on the domestic economy, read about the difficulties in “A Loom with a View: The U.S. Organic Cotton Industry Has a Tough Row to Hoe.”

The challenge of supporting U.S. farmers is compounded by the fact that the domestic apparel industry has been, for all intents and purposes, dismantled.

The choice, the author writes, is in the hands of consumers. There has been more interest in where food comes from. Perhaps consumers will also think about where their clothing comes from. Who touches your clothes from field to loom to sewing machine?

So maybe supporting domestic, sustainable cotton production is less an issue of economics than a test of values. Do U.S. consumers value domestically grown, processed, and manufactured clothing? Is it important that the fiber keeping us warm is made closer to home? Or are we content with having all the clothes we wear be grown and sewn overseas?

Does it matter to you where your clothes and your baby’s diapers come from? It matters to us. Remember, Firefly Diapers are proudly MADE IN USA. We are concerned about the long-term viability of the U.S. economy, about fair labor, and about clean fibers. If you buy new clothes this season, investigate the supply chain. I know you care, too.