How it all started, the beginnings of Liberty Organics

 Liberty Organics began as the in-house organic T-shirt procurement and manufacturing provider for Liberty Graphics, which was America’s original water-based, environmentally friendly T-shirt screen printer, founded by Tom Opper and Beverly Kocenko in 1978.

(incidentally, this was also the first noted screen printer in the country to offer continuing royalties to its artists for the use of their work)

    Not content to offer the most environmentally responsible solutions in screen printing, Tom sought shirts that reflected this same commitment to the earth. That’s when Tom met Chipper Bro Bell, who was Patagonia‘s in-house representative for their new line (in the mid-90s) of organic T-shirts. 

Tom and Bev‘s T-shirt printing company was content to simply buy American-grown organic shirts until Patagonia moved its production out of the country.

Tom valued supporting American workers and opted not to be involved with clothing made offshore.

So, with the help of Chipper Bro, Tom was able to adopt, maintain, and support this line of organic American production. For many years, these shirts were exclusively produced for Liberty Graphics T-shirt Printing Company's use. 

After 45 years of putting beautiful artwork on T-shirts, Tom decided to retire from printing and focus entirely on creating the most environmentally sustainable high quality organic T-shirts possible.

That’s when the rest of us joined the team to help bring you the finest quality organic shirts, grown and sewn in the USA, as well as to everyone else who values high-quality T-shirts and environmental stewardship.