Links
Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM)
OFARM is a farmer marketing agency-in-common. We represent organic field crop cooperatives and farmer marketing associationsin a region that spans the major grain producing areas of the United States, an 18-state area and Canada. The mission of OFARM is to coordinate the efforts of producer marketing groups to benefit and sustain organic producers.
http://www.ofarm.org
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
The OCA is a grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on representing the views and interests of the nation’s estimated ten million organic consumers.
http://www.organicconsumers.org
The Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance(NODPA)
The Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance is an organic dairy farming resource for dairy farmers, and organic dairy consumers. You will find organic dairy news, events,classifieds and organic grazing, soil and cow health information.
www.nodpa.com
The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)
OMRI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization started in 1997 by organic certification agencies. Its mission is to provide professional, independent, and transparent review of materials allowed to produce, process, and handle organic food and fiber. A complete and up-to-date version of the OMRI Brand Name Products List is available for viewing and free downloading from the organization’s web site.
OMRI’s information services are designed to assist certifiers, growers, handlers, processors, and input suppliers in determining the compatibility of generic materials and brand name products for organic production under the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) Rule. OMRI serves the industry in the role of an advisory and educational support agency.
www.omri.org
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
The SARE program recently unveiled a new Web site designed to help farmers and ranchers increase profitability, protect the environment, and improve rural communities. The site offers cutting-edge sustainable farming and ranching technologies, useful contacts, and funding sources for research and education initiatives. Learn how to get a grant, search the SARE projects database, post or browse upcoming events, order books and bulletins or find SARE contacts and regions. You can also browse a variety of subjects including animal and crop production, economics and marketing. The site is sorted by audience, giving farmers and ranchers, consumers, researchers and educators each a fast track to the information that’s most useful to them.
www.sare.org
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