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Have Organic Certification Questions?

Get your certification questions answered at our weekly, free Organic Office Hours. Office hours are held every Tuesday, from 11:00 a.m. to noon Pacific Time. Jump on Zoom and join us »

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Make Sure You're Compliant with the Strengthening Organic Enforcement Rule (SOE)!

The new regulations impact both certified and uncertified operations. Find out what this means for you and learn more »

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Primus
PrimusGFS Certification by CCOF

Now offering PrimusGFS food safety certification by and for organic producers! Becoming PrimusGFS certified by CCOF is your passport to larger markets and FSMA compliance. Learn more and apply »

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OCal
OCal - Comparable-to-Organic Cannabis Certification in California

Cannabis growers in California can now display their commitment to growing their products organically through CCOF's comparable-to-organic OCal certification. Learn more » 

CCOF is a nonprofit organization that advances organic agriculture for a healthy world through organic certification, education, advocacy, and promotion. We envision a world where organic is the norm.

March 19, 2024

Curious about what it takes to transition your operation to organic? Or a newly certified producer with questions on how to stay in compliance? Just…

March 19, 2024

Part 2: Rhizosphere Priming Effect. Weixin Cheng, Professor of Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz

March 21, 2024

About the Webinar  This webinar will provide basic information on the opportunity to integrate the use of cover crops as a carbon source for the…

Apricot Lane Farms is a 234-acre farm integrated within a reawakened ecosystem. With a team that…
Science Communicator - Modesto/San Francisco/Sacramento Job Type: Exempt, full time with benefits…
SUMMARY Under the direction of the Eco Terreno Vineyards (ETV) leadership team, assist with duties…

CCOF News: Stay Up-to-Date on Organic

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José Lorenzo Jimenez Palacios
March 13, 2024 | Blog

In memory of José Lorenzo Jimenez Palacios 
Engineer Agronomist Specialist in Phytotechnics
25/03/1960   -    14/02/2024

“Nature is inexhaustibly sustainable if we take care of her.”

José was a promoter of coexistence with nature, always recommending organic crop treatment to farmers and fruit growers in the southern region of Sinaloa. From 2000 to 2022, he worked with the company Mazazul Organics S.A. of C.V. Until the day of his death, he worked in recent months with the company Familia Andrade Nava S.P.R. by R.L. 
Rest in peace.
 

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Field Inspection
March 13, 2024 | Blog

CCOF is gathering input from our members on their marketing practices, challenges, and needs so that we can develop tools and resources to help your organic business succeed. These marketing tools will be available at no cost to all CCOF members in fall 2024.

Please take the survey online. It should take three minutes or less to complete. The survey is intended primarily for small to midsize organic farmers, ranchers, dairy producers, and “multi” operations, and we also invite organic processor/handlers to take the survey.

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wilted crops
March 13, 2024 | Blog

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has published a directory of crop insurance agents that specialize in selling Whole-Farm Revenue Protection

This resource—for which CCOF’s colleagues at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) have advocated—will be an important tool to help farmers locate crop insurance agents who have…

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Andrea Davis-Cetina, Quarter Acre Farm
March 13, 2024 | Blog

Andrea Davis-Cetina is the founder of Quarter Acre Farm. She serves on the CCOF Board.

Andrea grew up in Maryland, surrounded by disappearing farmland, where the fields and barns of her childhood showed her the importance of sustainability and community. While attending Hampshire College (where her studies focused on local food systems), she began working on the college farm and fell in love with agriculture. Andrea spent her summers apprenticing on farm operations up and down the East Coast. 

After graduating, Andrea moved to Sonoma, California, and started…