Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference

29th - 30th April 2026

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Larkin Martin

President

Turnrow Farm Services

Larkin Martin is President of Turnrow Farm Services (previously Martin Farm) and Albemarle Corp, both family-owned farming businesses.  She is the 7th generation of her family to manage a family farm that cultivates cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat.  She also serves as Board Chairman of Servico, Inc., a prominent cotton ginning and warehousing company in Courtland, AL.

 

Her current board directorships include the American Farmland Trust, The Soil Health Institute, Rayonier Inc., and Red Sea Ag. Ms. Martin previously chaired the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, The Farm Foundation, The Cotton Board, and the Public Affairs Research Counsel of Alabama.

 

Ms. Martin holds a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and was a 2012 Eisenhower Fellow. Earlier in her career, she was an Associate with Arthur Andersen, specializing in commercial real estate appraisal.

Larkin's sessionsView full agenda

Day 0

Tuesday 28th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
14:45 - 17:15
Workshop
17:30 - 18:30
Networking
Day 1

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
10:00 - 10:45
Case study
11:30 - 12:20
Net-zero: Everyone pays for inaction. Who pays for action? 
Marks and Spencer | Soorty Enterprises | Good Fashion Fund | Action Speaks Louder | Sustainable & Social
Plenary
12:20 - 13:00
Plenary
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:30 - 17:15
17:15 - 18:15
Day 2

Thursday 30th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 10:00
The consumption cyclone: Can circularity fix overproduction? 
Hirdaramani Group | Reju | ON | Tapestry | Sustainabelle
Plenary
10:25 - 10:55
10:55 - 11:30
Transitioning to regenerative cotton: Impact, opportunity, and operational reality from farm to brand 
Turnrow Farm Services | adidas | COTTON USA™ and U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
Case study
00:45 - 01:45
13:45 - 14:10
A just transition: How we can centre waste pickers, not just waste, in the circular economy 
Saamuhika Shakti | H&M Foundation | Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
Plenary
14:10 - 14:50
Plenary
14:50 - 15:25
Emotional durability: Why consumers neglect the clothes they own – and how psychology can help 
University of Amsterdam | Zalando | Axel Arigato / Informed Collective
Plenary
15:25 - 15:40
Closing reflections from the next generation of designers 
Institut Francais de la Mode | Institut Français de la Mode
Plenary