Our story
G'day my name is Kim, owner and founder of Down Under Cotton. I’m very passionate about Australian grown and supporting Aussie farmers, in particular within the cotton industry.
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Back in 2015 I was watching tv and a tampon ad appeared. A girl wearing white shorts, dancing, happy.. carefree!
As a female I couldn’t relate to this type of advertising and turns out I was not alone. Why didn’t any tampon brand talk about THE BLOODY TRUTH?
Here my journey began, researching, questioning everything about this unspoken yet re-occurring event of a woman’s life.
Did you know that most tampons are made with a synthetic fibre. After finding this out, I was on a mission to find not only a more sustainable but healthier solution.
This is when I decided I wanted to learn more about the way this natural fibre is grown and meet the people behind the Australian cotton industry.
I was very excited when I was given the opportunity to visit a cotton farm and speak with the farmers direct.
I drove 4hrs out west and spent the weekend on a family owned & operated cotton farm run by father and son, learning about the way cotton is grown here in Australia.
I have made many more visits to cotton farms since, discussed tampons with the guys at the CSIRO and also attended the Australian cotton conference where I got to meet a lot of our Aussie Farmers.
I learned that Australia along with Egypt produce the highest quality of cotton in the world! Why not support our own farmers and produce a product fully traceable from paddock to product? This was the key reason why I decided to make our tampons out of 100% Australian Grown Cotton.
Today I can proudly announce that working together with Aussie Farmers we have developed Australia’s FIRST home grown cotton tampon.
Using Australian grown cotton means we -
- Use high quality natural fibres
- Support Aussie Farmers
- Have full traceability from paddock to product
- Get to know our local farmers
- Source our raw materials from family owned and operated farms.
- Provide an alternative solution to shop local