AFT x COSAP Co-op: Recycled Cotton Long Sleeve Tee

A limited edition t-shirt from COSAP Co-op in collaboration with American Farmland Trust. This tee is made from recycled cotton and celebrates the work AFT is doing to create a better food system. 

Don't Lose Your Hope

This collection was born in New York State, where monarchs migrate and greenhouses help farms extend their season into autumn. Our farmer-designer, Leigha Morris, of Odd Crop Farm in New York State created this from her experience protecting biodiversity like the butterfly on the shirt. A moment of joy but also a moment to recognize the struggle all farms across the U.S. are fighting for with the help of the American Farmland Trust. As we look to the future, the work that AFT represents, and what COSAP Co-op is hoping to convey to the larger public seeking a better food system is to first and foremost “Don’t lose your hope”. And once we have hope, we must act by supporting farms like Odd Crop Farm and the Farms that AFT will help preserve and protect in their New York Farmland Transition project and across the country.

“I think the preservation of small farms, food justice work, and so on is about hope. We all go through so many elements, setbacks, frustrations, and more each season to start again in March with quite a bit of hope.” - Farmer-Artist, Leigha Morris

Design by farmer-artist Leigha Morris @wannabe_retiree