COTTON: Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt (Part 1)

How does a simple T-shirt get made? To find out, we decided to make one -- and track every step of production. It all started in Mississippi. Or, if you go back far enough, in a seed lab.

The full story is at planetmoney.com/shirt.

The videos:
Part I: Cotton    • COTTON: Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt (Part 1)  
Part II: Machines    • MACHINES: Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt (Pa...  
Part III: People    • PEOPLE: Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt (Part 3)  
Part IV: Boxes    • BOXES: Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt (Part 4)  
Part V: You    • YOU: Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt (Part 5)  

Music:
"Goldengrove v2," "Wallflower" (Keith Kenniff/Unseen Music)
"Fire Ignorance" (Tyler Strickland)

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