October is devoted to raising awareness in breast cancer. We see the NFL and Delta Airlines go pink to raise awareness but what can a cotton farmer do? How can you tell when a cotton farmer is committed to something? Well, the best examples are clear to the eye! October brings harvest time and modules are a great canvas for making a statement. And it seems a lot of them have gone pink this month!
Yes, cotton farmers have been showing their support of breast cancer research. My friend Marjory caught this on a gin yard in Greenwood, Mississippi the first of October.
And then I saw Cannon & Heidi Michael from California (he’s @agleader on Twitter) popping up pink today and I couldn’t put off posting this any longer. Think about how many people can be prompted to think pink when they roll past round modules that big wrapped in pink!
And I have to share one of my favorite t-shirts. I found out about it a couple of years ago around the same time of year as a community was hosting an event to raise money for research & support.
I love the pink wrapped cotton, but what is it wrapped in? Just curious if they stained something pink or that was something special they came up with.
It is just like saran wrap and is put around the cotton to keep it packed in there for transport to the gin! It is put on in the cotton picker as it it let out and then will be cut off at the gin.
I should add in the photo on my main rotator, the cotton there also has a pink spray painted ribbon on it. That is a special kind of temporary paint and will disappear in the ginning and knitting process. 🙂