CCOF and Oregon Tilth, two of the nation’s leaders in the organic movement and certification ... who currently use CCOF or Oregon Tilth labels on their product will be allowed to continue ...

Oregon's organic farming movement has become so robust that growers occasionally have had to call on specialists from Washington to have their crops certified as meeting national organic standards.

Grapes such as syrah, viognier and grenache are grown using various organic ... Certified label for its wines. History: Dick Troon helped launch the post-Prohibition wine era in southern Oregon ...

OCSW currently recognizes four agencies' certifications: Demeter Certified Biodynamic, Oregon Tilth Certified Organic, the LIVE (Low Input Viticulture ... read A Guide to Decoding Environmentally ...

Look for the USDA Organic label. The U.S. Department of ... said Connie Karr, certification director at Oregon Tilth, a USDA-accredited certification organization that inspects farms to ensure ...

Organic is not enough ... Welfare Approved or Fair Trade Certified. And the Alliance’s goal is that ROC will be enforced through the same third-party certifier with whom producers are already working, ...

Despite the demand, becoming an organic farm takes serious time and money. Fields cannot be sprayed with any prohibited chemicals for at least three years before they are certified organic.

Drew Katz, transition coordinator with the Oregon Tilth organic certification agency, speaks to farmers during an Aug. 15 tour of organic hazelnut orchards. Organic hazelnuts can fetch a premium ...

Organic food is a big business in this country, and the organic label helps to fetch a premium ... state-based bodies (such as CCOF and Oregon Tilth) that have been responsible for certifying ...

Plans to merge Oregon Tilth with the California Certified Organic Farmers — known as CCOF —came to a halt this week after Oregon Tilth members failed to pass approval of the merger with the ...

Organic certification provider Oregon Tilth has agreed to provide funding to Oregon State University's small farms program so that the university can continue its research and educational efforts ...

Oregon Tilth said in an e-mail it was not concerned by the potential competition. “They tell us the target audience is producers who haven’t sought organic certification with Oregon Tilth and ...