The Food Alliance http://www.foodalliance.org
A non-profit organization that promotes sustainable agriculture by recognizing
and rewarding farmers who produce food in environmentally friendly and socially
responsible ways, and educating consumers and others in the food system about
the benefits of sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable Northwest http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org
Sustainable Northwest partners with communities and enterprises to achieve economic, ecological, and community vitality and resilience.
The Ecological Farming Association http://www.eco-farm.org
A non-profit educational organization that advances ecologically sound and
economically viable agriculture.
The Environmental Working Group http://ewg.org
A team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers
pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own
laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and
to find solutions.
Farm Foundation http://www.farmfoundation.org
Farm Foundation is a publicly supported nonprofit organization working to improve
the economic health and social well-being of U.S. agriculture, the food system
and rural people by helping private and public sector decision makers identify
and understand forces that will shape the future.
Beyond Pesticides (formerly the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) http://www.beyondpesticides.org
Beyond Pesticides works with allies in protecting public health and the environment
to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides.
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) http://www.pesticide.org
NCAP works to protect people and the environment by advancing healthy solutions
to pest problems.
Pesticide Action Network of North America http://www.panna.org
PANNA works to replace pesticide use with ecologically sound and socially just
alternatives. As one of five PAN Regional Centers worldwide, we link local
and international consumer, labor, health, environment and agriculture groups
into an international citizens' action network. This network challenges the
global proliferation of pesticides, defends basic rights to health and environmental
quality, and works to insure the transition to a just and viable society.
Sustainable Agriculture Network (SARE) http://www.sare.org
SARE program has helped advance farming systems that are profitable, environmentally
sound and good for communities through a nationwide research and education
grants program.
The Center for Food Safety http://www.caff.org
The Community Alliance with Family Farmers is building a movement of rural
and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land,
sustains local economies and promotes social justice.
Protected Harvest http://www.protectedharvest.org
Protected Harvest is a non-profit organization that independently certifies farmers' use of stringent environmental growing standards.
The Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission http://www.oregon-berries.com
The commission's primary focus
is promotion of caneberries with additional emphasis on research and education.
Caneberries are berries that grow on a cane, such as raspberries and Marionberries.
According to their website, "It is here, in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, that
the greatest variety of caneberries in the world are grown."
