Red Land Cotton
Alabama Grown, American Made. B Y
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Red Land Cotton is bringing cotton from the red dirt of North Alabama right into your homes. This family-run business is taking hand-selected bales of cotton and turning them into beautiful textile products. In 2016, Anna Brakefield was approached by her father, Mark Yeager, to make a product from the cotton they grow, that is 100% American made. “I thought that it would be
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a great idea, not only for the farm, but also for me to be able to use my creative ability to benefit the farm,” Brakefield said. Brakefield graduated from Auburn with a degree in graphic design. After working in advertising for a couple of years in New York City and then a couple more in Nashville, she quit her job to start Red Land Cotton with her father. Yeager has been farming in Lawrence County, Alabama, since the early 80s. “In 1993, he built his own cotton gin,” Brakefield said. “That has been a critical part
Photo Credit: Stacie Kinney
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Cooperative Farming News
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