Who Makes Certified Organic Cotton Products?
Organature® is the only manufacturer producing genuine organic cotton innerspring mattresses and futons in Australia made with Certified 100% Organic Cotton fabrics and fillings. We also make bedding and bed linen sheets, doonas, quilt covers, pillows, baby goods and have even extended our range to include beautiful Hardwood Timber Furniture, tables, beds, cots, bunks and trundles, proudly Made In Australia specially for us from local Victorian Mountain Ash. No Toxic chemicals, No MDF, No Chipboard, No Chemical Paint and No Toxic Glues are used during any part of the manufacturing process. Everything we make, supply, promote and use has been thoughtfully chosen with Chemical Sensitivity, Asthma and Allergy Sufferers in mind, right down to the packaging and the ink we use to print invoices, price lists and brochures.
Our head office and shop is in Newhaven Victoria | Our online store is at http://organature.com.au
Why We Must Make High Quality And Pure Organic Products
One of our founders, (Peter) was diagnosed with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) in 1993. He was forced to give up work as a result. There is no total cure for this strange ailment which can strike anyone at any time.
Organature was born out of Peter’s ill health. At that time he suffered so severely that he needed to find ways to get relief so he could maintain a suitable quality of life, as do many of our customers, and he now only works with products that are safe for his own use, and with those he has fully researched.
While researching MCS we discovered that many people are allergic to many things, including perfume deodorant, soap powders and more. As a consequence, sufferers can feel tired, experience difficulty breathing, have asthma like attacks and get rashes or other allergic reactions.
Chemical sensitivity or asthma sufferers, (like everyone) need to get a good night’s rest. Avoiding the traditional bedding products including sheets, pillows and bed linen which are often treated with potentially allergy aggravating, (and potentially causing), chemicals, is really important in helping you FEEL BETTER.
Why Is Regular Bedding and Bed Linen Bad For Us ?
Conventional cotton bedding and bedlinen often contain chemicals such as formaldehyde to make them Non Iron, Easy Care, Wrinkle Free, Permanently Pressed, Flame Proof and many other fancy names. With polyester/cotton the chemical outgassing from polyester adds to the harm.
Feel Better By Using Organic Products
To minimise exposure to the harmful chemicals that were making Peter so sick (he couldn’t work and could barely even get out of bed) we use ONLY Organic products in our home (with special emphasis on what we sleep on and under). We witnessed massive improvements in Peter’s health, due to these changes. (proven in 2000 by blind and double blind testing to have come from the outgassing of the chemicals in his family conventional bedding and bedlinen manufacturing factory).
Our business was expanded even further when we realised there was no Bedding Manufacturer using clean and safe Organic practices in Australia. Research showed there were also many other Australians with symptoms like Peter’s caused by reactions to chemicals and we decided to make, import where necessary and supply the range of Organic Cotton goods that people were desperately needing to regain their health.
Only Safe Organic Products and Packaging Are Used
All Organature bedlinen and other bedding products are made in Australia in our own sewing rooms under strict clean conditions. Our requirements to supply HEALTHY PRODUCTS to the public which are NOT contaminated by outgassing from other products and are more strict than organic certification requirements.
Our manufacturing area, sewing room and showroom walls are painted with natural organic paint, the suspended ceiling is hardwood frame with organic cotton calico, and the cutting table is Australian hardwood. (We DO NOT use chipboard or MDF). We are predominantly a family business and none of us use synthetic fragrances from perfumes, deodorants, aftershave to hand creams, personal care products etc.
We follow the European Organic certification standard which is more stringent and health promoting. We don’t use the American standard because it allows certain chemicals to be used in fabrics, like OB fabric whiteners, which are not allowed in Europe.
We manage all aspects of the fabric supply and import, the products we manufacture ourselves and those we have made especially for us under strictly controlled contract, without contamination from outside sources.
Our mattresses, doonas, quilt covers and pillows are filled with clean Certified Organic Cotton and comply with much higher than normal organic specifications.
About Our Packaging Materials
An Organature innerspring mattress or futon mattress is first packed in a handy draw string bag made especially from our organic cotton calico fabric and then meticulously wrapped in one layer of thick plastic and finally in a carton for outside Melbourne and interstate transport.
This gives extra protection between the mattresses and the outer wrapping. All of our other bedding and bedlinen products are packed in either an organic cotton calico bag or true cellulose film and mostly in a carton for transport. We care that you receive your new mattress, bedding, futon, sheets, pillows, towels, clothes or any other organic products we sell, in the best possible condition.
Phone The Shop on (03) 5932 0914
Visit Our Online Store at organature.com.au
