Planet Organics and ALBA- Agriculture and Land Based Training Association
The Salinas Californian, Salinas, CA
... A program that delivers farm-fresh organic produce to San Francisco Bay Area residents doesn't just bring healthy food; it also helps connect consumers with farmers. ...
Loma Rica Organic Farm
Yuba.Net
... Additionally, we are nearing the end of the application process to be certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), so all the fruits and vegetables we harvest this year will be officially "organic" by industry standards. ...
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Organic Farm
KSBY Action News, Central Coast
...The CCOF certified Cal Poly Organic Farm is moving into it's most bountiful time of the year....
The Lundbergs: From Dust Bowl to Rice Bowl
Natural Foods Merchandiser volume XXVIII/number 3/p. 30, 32, 34,26-38
... From dust-ravaged Nebraska to lush California rice fields, the Lundberg family stuck together to farm with compassion ...
Home grown -- and savored
Soil Born Farm promotes organic crops, reaps good will from customers.
Sacramento Bee- Sacramento, CA ,USA
... When harvested, the produce of Soil Born Farm -- a nonprofit urban agriculture project with sites in Arden and Rancho Cordova -- will travel less than 25 miles before ending up on a dinner plate....
Chico State Fortifies Its Dairy Program With CCOF Organic Certification
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
.. This show of support commemorates
the University Farm's transition to an all-organic dairy program ...
Organic trend reaches the vineyard
Summit Daily News- Frisco, CO, USA
... The first time I really noticed the difference of sustainable, organic or biodynamic agriculture was the first time I visited Shafer Vineyards in Napa Valley ... CCOF encourages composting, using cover crops for soil nutrition and using beneficial insects in the vineyards....
Reforming Rice: Lundberg's Greener Farms
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA
... Of 520,000 acres of rice in California, only two to three percent are certified organic, and much ... food from developing countries where the farmers use very ...
Differing organic standards impede international trade, report
FoodNavigator-USA - Montpellier,France
... For example, CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers) abide by NOP requirements but are also equivalent to the UK's Soil Association standards, which means ...
Sustainable agriculture pest control conference nears
Western Farm Press - USA
The California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) and Cal Poly’s Sustainable Agriculture Resource Consortium will co-sponsor a two-day conference on ...
Amish Naturals' Production Facility and Process Approved by USDA for Organic Certification
BUSINESS WIRE - HOLMESVILLE, Ohio
Company Passes All Requirements; Obtains Use of Coveted California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Seal
life on an organic farm isn’t as peaceful as you think The ...
San Diego CityBEAT - CA,USA
... A report released this year by California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), one of the largest and oldest USDA-accredited organic certifying agents in the state ...
Humboldt Creamery launches organic milk
Eureka Reporter - Wednesday November 8, 2006
Here's news for local consumers: Humboldt Creamery is including organic in its line of milk. (read more)
Climate and soils partner to make area wine country
Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA
... 2004 Silver and Bronze from California State Fair. Its wines are certified organic by the California Certified Organic Farmers.
CCOF and The Epicurean Connection Present a Non-GMO Education and ...
E-Wire (press release) - Dallas,TX,USA
2 -/E-Wire/-- California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), one of the oldest and largest organic certifiers and trade associations in the country, presents a ...
Certifiers weed through plenty to keep organic farmers in the ...
Alameda Times-Star - Alameda,CA,USA
... Others are nonprofit groups, including Santa Cruz-based CCOF. ... As for the fields adjacent to his organic crops, they're organic, too, certified by CCOF. ...
Business Brief
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
These new teas meet organic standards set by the US Department of Agriculture and California Certified Organic Farmers. "Organic ...
Good Earth Teas Adds 12 Organic Certified Teas
AMonline.com - Fort Atkinson,WI,USA
... produced to meet strict organic standards set by both the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) certifications ...
Siskiyou ranch starts with organic beef, then grafts a medical...
Record-Searchlight (subscription) - Redding,CA,USA
... hydroelectric plant. The ranch is certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers and has earned the USDA's organic seal. ...
Winemakers go organic in bottle but not on label
MSNBC - USA
... Helena areas, totaling 250 acres, have been certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers trade association; two, also in the Yountville appellation ...
PICKED TO IMPERFECTION
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
...California Certified Organic Farmers, a Santa Cruz-based trade group, cringes at criticisms of the organic label from within the sustainable movement. ...
Wholesome Foods
Coast Weekly - Monterey,CA,USA
... Peggy Miars is the executive director of California Certified Organic Farmers in Santa Cruz, one of the nation’s oldest and largest certifiers of organic ...
It's David vs. Goliath in organics field
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... Peggy Miars, executive director of the California Certified Organic Farmers, says her state has come to dominate the industry because it has good land and ...
Moving Forward
Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA
... Certified organic by the California Certified Organic Farmers, Butte Creek's line includes certified Amber Ale, India Pale Ale, Porter and a recently ...
Sustainable pest control conference
Santa Maria Times - Santa Maria,CA,USA
The event is co-sponsored by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) and Cal Poly's Sustainable Agriculture Resource Consortium. Dec. ...
Wine notes: Diamond Creek gala nets $200K for Parkinson’s ...
Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
... Family Estate Vineyard in St. Helena, are the first to receive CCOF organic certification. Two additional Charles Krug properties ...
Organic or bust
Times-Standard - Eureka,CA,USA
... its own O Organics brand and Northern California Public Affairs ... We are making organic items accessible ... Coast Co-op is the only certified organic retailer north ...
From big city to organic farm
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
... fruitless searching "for an escape" here and in Northern California — they found ... Now, the farm’s certified organically grown offerings run the gamut with ...
LONG MEADOW RANCH 'MUCH MORE THAN WINE AND OLIVES'
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... the cuttings were likely brought to California by ship ... immersion into the life of a certified organic farm. ... began at Rutherford Gardens, an organic farm across ...
California Seeks to Clear Hemp of a Bad Name
New York Times - United States
... put, you create a jungle in one year,” said John LaBoyteaux, who testified in Sacramento on behalf of the California Certified Organic Farmers association. ...
Field of blends
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... next to each other; Italian farmers even took ... one of the most famous field blends from California. ... variety in the dry-farmed, certified organic vineyard, which ...
Healthier hot dogs mean less guilt, more pleasure
Oakland Tribune - Oakland,CA,USA
... of grazing lands in Northern California and are ... a small challenge compared to producing organic beef ... To be certified organic, cattle must eat organically their ...
Ranchers Putting Cattle Out to Pasture
Washington Post - United States
... Ranch, cattle graze freely on certified organic pastures Saturday ... vice president of the California Cattlemen's Association. ... to promote local farmers and ranchers ...
A New Tasting Menu in the Baby Section
New York Times - United States
... NO PROBLEM A taste test of HappyBaby organic food in progress. ... Ms. Failla recently started Evie’s Organic Edibles, a line of small-batch frozen baby food. ...
Whole-y organic
Arizona
Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... The Full Circle wines are not only made from organically produced grapes but have the strict California Certified Organic Farmers seal. ...
Chico State dairy farm becomes organic farm
Mercury-Register - Oroville,CA,USA
... The land, along with 40 other acres that will be used to grow crops for silage, was certified last week by the California Certified Organic Farmers — part of ...
Butte Creek's pale ale welcome part of organic revolution
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
... For brewers, it's truly tough being green. Certification by a reputable association like California Certified Organic Farmers is exacting and time-consuming. ...
EASY ON THE LAND
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
...of organic grain production in California, obtaining certification ... under the family's control is certified, with the ... land fares better under organic production ...
Western Business: Washington State offers nation's first organic ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Made up of 1,300 different businesses, the CCOF also sees the degree program as helping to legitimize organic farming, Lewin said. ...
Do You Need To Be Green?
BusinessWeek - USA
... MBA program at San Francisco's New College of California. ... Maid Farms, works with coffee farmers to help ... Taylor Maid buys have been certified organic by the ...
County eyes ban on genetically engineered crops
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
... "There are too many concerns about the impact on crops and human health," said Peggy Miars, executive director of California Certified Organic Farmers in Santa ...
County growing stronger organically
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
... Jake Lewin, director of marketing for California Certified Organic Farmers, one of the nation’s largest organic certifiers, said the addition of more than ...
New Brand Names Announced for Nation's Only Angus Grass-Fed Beef
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... graze on organic pastures and are processed in plants that are certified organic by the USDA-accredited certifying agency California Certified Organic Farmers. ...
THE FACES OF ORGANIC
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), an organization that polices the USDA organic standards and certifies most of California's organic vineyards, has ...
THE FACES OF ORGANIC THE QUESTION: Are organic products really ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... the difference? A: The US Department of Agriculture's organic standards set three levels of organic certification. -- "100% organic ...
THE FACES OF ORGANIC BLUE MOON ORGANICS: Next generation ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... six months for the horse manure to dissipate and three years from the time it was sprayed -- about 18 months more -- to comply with organic certification rules ...
THE FACES OF ORGANIC
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The farmers' market shoppers paying $3 a pint for Swanton Berry Farm fruit ... He was the first certified organic strawberry grower in California, in 1987. ...
THE FACES OF ORGANIC AT THE MARKET: How shoppers can save when ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Organic food can seem really expensive when you're used to the low cost of conventional food. But there are ways to stay within ...
Growing organic
The UCLA Daily Bruin - Los Angeles,CA,USA
...Shawn LaPean, director of Cal Dining, said providing food that was certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers to be organic was important to the ...
Farmers Market a Treat
Gilroy Dispatch (subscription) - Gilroy,CA,USA
... I learned a lot of this information from the Web site of Certified California Organic Farmers, or CCOF, and its fact sheet, "Top 10 Reasons to Buy Organic.". ...
New organic dining option a first for US campuses
UC Berkeley, CA
By Liese Greensfelder, Media Relations | 03 April 2006. BERKELEY – At 10:30 am today (Monday, April 3), students at University ...
