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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.
November 15, 2022
What to Expect at the PSA Grower Training Course Dr. Stephanie Smith from Washington State University and partners will spend approximately seven…
November 2, 2022
Designed for small and medium-scale farmers, ranchers, and fishery operators with at least two years of business management experience, CCOF…
October 12, 2022
La Fundación CCOF se está juntando con American Farmland Trust, el Distrito de Conservación de Recursos de Cachuma (CRCD) y Daily Harvest para…
Organizational Overview: CCOF advances organic agriculture for a healthy world. We advocate on…
Organizational Overview: CCOF advances organic agriculture for a healthy world. We advocate on…
We are looking for someone to take over our 20 year old 5 acre Cabernet vineyard. In addition there…
CCOF News: Stay Up-to-Date on Organic
October 3, 2022 | Blog
After making it through the California Assembly and Senate, AB 1870, the bill that would make needed reforms to the state program regulating organic food manufacturers, processors, and handlers, was vetoed by Governor Newsom.
CCOF pursued the legislation in response to issues raised by members about the administration of the State Organic Program by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), which uses an outdated, paper-based registration system and continues to carry a backlog of unresolved complaints.
AB 1870, authored by Assemblymember Mark Stone and co-authored…
October 3, 2022 | Blog
Earlier this month, former top California Department of Food and Agriculture scientist Dr. Amrith Gunasekara published a blistering criticism of Sri Lanka’s policy to ban synthetic fertilizers, which caused farmers to start farming organically virtually overnight. The devastating results are outlined by Dr. Gunasekara in an article published in AgAlert on September 20, 2022.
Unfortunately, the article then points to the resulting agricultural challenges in Sri Lanka as a cautionary tale for California. The comparison is misleading for a few key reasons.
Sri Lanka is not…October 3, 2022 | Article
Operations who export to Canada from the United States or Mexico enroll in CCOF’s GMA Canada program. This program includes verification of several critical variances as well as labeling requirements.
To reflect the additional work to verify critical variances, the fee for the GMA Canada program will increase to $300. The increase is effective October 1, 2022 for all new applicants, and January 1, 2023 for existing clients. There are no…
October 3, 2022 | Blog
The CCOF Foundation is teaming up with American Farmland Trust, Cachuma Resource Conservation District (CRCD), and Daily Harvest to present a Spanish-language farm training in Santa Maria, California, on October 12, 2022, from 12–3 p.m. If you are a Spanish-speaking grower…