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Khadi Oaxaca is a non-profit, sustainable textile company based in the mountain village of San Sebastian Rio Hondo, Oaxaca, Mexico. We are dedicated to spinning, natural dyeing, weaving, sewing and embroidering heirloom cotton and locally produced wool textiles by hand. Our work is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s Khadi movement in India, which we have melded with local Zapotec traditions, ancient and classic production techniques and innovative designs. Fabric by the meter, homeware and finished clothing are available for retail and…

Selvedge Magazine. July / August 2020. The khadi movement is thriving in the Sierra Sur Mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. In the remote Zapotec village of San Sebastian Rio Hondo, women spin organic cotton on the Charkha, the wooden spinning wheel that was the embodiment of Gandhi’s vision for a new India. Khadi, the fabric of freedom is woven on backstrap and pedal looms with white or pre-Hispanic brown cotton grown on the Pacific Coast.  Truly honouring the dignity of labour, this…

Esperanza Project/June 18, 2020. High up in the southern sierra of Mexico’s state of Oaxaca, an innovative nonprofit business inspired by Mohandas Gandhi is helping Indigenous Zapotec families to weather the economic storm that COVID-19 has brought to the Mexican countryside “What we’ve found is that it is possible to care for each aspect of the supply chain, be ecologically mindful, empower local communities and create unbelievably beautiful textiles,” Attar said. “COVID is painfully helping us globally to wake up…

Esperanza Project/ June 15, 2020. The Khadi Oaxaca project tackles some of the most difficult issues of our times, including “fast fashion” and its devastating impacts on its workers and the planet; migration; indigenous self-determination; and the scars of colonialism and neoliberalism on the social fabric of Latin America. Read this article in English and Spanish here.