OTA Members

The Oregon Organic Coalition (OOC) works to advance the development and growth of the organic industry, practices, and community in Oregon.

The OOC was founded by organic trade leaders in 2004 to build unified support for organic advocacy. The OOC has brought together organic farmers, businesses, affiliated organizations, and other stakeholders, to provide direction and advocacy, and to support efforts that promote and grow organic trade and farming practices in Oregon and beyond.

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Broadly, the OOC also contributes to regional advocacy efforts and sees the Pacific Northwest as having great potential for being a world leader in organic and regenerative agriculture, with diverse crop offerings. And when rooted in organic’s core principles of health, ecology, fairness, and care, the OOC believes organic production can create more equitable and resilient regional food systems.

Oregon Tilth is a leading nonprofit certifier, educator and advocate for organic agriculture and products since 1974. Our mission to make our food system and agriculture biologically sound and socially equitable requires us to find practical ways to tackle big challenges. We advance this mission to balance the needs of people and planet through focus on core areas of certification, conservation, social equity, policy and the marketplace.

In 1997, Oregon Tilth helped form the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI), evaluating materials for use in organic farms and processors nationally. Today, Oregon Tilth is the third largest USDA accredited organic certifier, serving over 1,450 processors and growers, restaurants and retailers representing the entire food chain, from seed to fork.

As certified organic farmers since 2002, our regenerative practices heal the land and water and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, while ensuring that pure, potent herbal medicine is available today and for future generations.

For more than 25 years, we’ve been dedicated to wellness, farming and science. We are a family-owned and -operated herbal supplement company rooted in beautiful Central Oregon. We believe there’s no better place to grow, formulate and produce effective plant medicine for the whole family.

As organic and biodynamic farmers and manufacturers we are proud stewards of the land, committed to sustainable business practices and regenerative agriculture. We take great care to grow, source and produce the highest quality herbal medicine.

The Organic Association of Kentucky (OAK) is a nonprofit organization founded by farmers, for farmers. OAK works to advance organic regenerative agriculture, to improve the health of the environment and our communities. Growing ecological resilience, economic viability and socially just futures for Kentucky farmers through educational, technical and market resources. We believe that organic agriculture improves environmental resilience and conservation, nurtures human and community health and is a powerful driver of regional prosperity.

OAK provides educational programming for farmers, agricultural professionals and community members to increase the adoption of organic practices through an annual conference, monthly field days, on-farm technical assistance and local market development.

Our goal is to help you become certified quickly and easily. Our job is to provide you with a certification document which you can use anywhere in the world.

OFARM coordinates efforts of producer marketing groups to benefit and sustain organic producers; facilitates the exchange of pricing and marketing information among member organizations; helps manage organic marketing responsibly.

Establish and maintain sustainable prices for organic farm production through coordinated efforts of organic farmer cooperative marketing groups while protecting and defending the organic standards and promoting environmentally friendly production practices.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Strengthen the marketing programs of member organizations.

Inventory production and manage organic marketing in a responsible manner.

Exchange pricing and marketing information among member organizations.

Develop and support communications among organic producers.

Research, support, and enhance market development.

Assist producers and consumers in broadening their knowledge of organic marketing concepts.

Promote public policy, research and education in support of sustainable agriculture.

Importer of organic products and ingredients from India; earth friendly, socially responsible and quality conscious.

We follow the 7 Cooperative Principles of voluntary and open membership, democratic member control, member economic participation, autonomy and independence, education/training/and information, cooperation among cooperatives, and concern for community.

Our coop members have deep roots within the organic farming and production community. We inspect organic farms, dairies, food manufacturers, fiber & textiles, and wild harvest operations all over the world.

As consultants, we provide solutions for businesses that need help navigating organic certifications for USDA Organic, EU Organic, Mexico’s Ley de Productos Orgánicos, OMRI, CDFA OIM, and the Global Organic Textile Standard.

We’ve designed curriculum and hosted trainings with the International Organic Inspectors Association, certification agencies, and private companies. There is nothing in the world of organic certification that we can’t help you with.

Consultant services specializing in organic certification requirements and preparation for farms, manufacturers, traders, government programs.

Primary suppliers of organic ingredients. Dedicated to customer service and quality organic ingredients from domestic and international sources.
Organic Partners International, LLC (Organic Partners) brings together a powerful network of Organic Sourcing Agents and Primary Suppliers of Organic Ingredients for Industrial Bulk Buyers. The market for Organic products is exploding as mainstream manufacturers and retailers join the traditional organic leaders in the marketplace. The major brake on this growth is the lack of sufficient and reliable supplies of ingredients. Organic Partners has been formed to fill this void.

The Organic Plus Trust Inc., (“OPT”) is a new “public benefit” company, with Organic and Trust at its center. Our charter dedicates OPT to benefitting public health by expanding the existing federal organic production and handling standards and the related verification tools, to meet evolving business and consumer preferences.

Organic farming practices transformed agriculture and together with organic handling and product design, transformed the world of food. The existing organic practices are OPT’s conformance baseline. But organic practices are continually evolving. OPT cooperatively develops new farm-level standards, post-harvest standards, and standards of identity for processed products that expand, strengthen and capture the evolution of organic requirements in every area impacted by organic principles.

The USDA Organic seal is a shared brand built on consumer preferences and trust. The backbone of organic trust is the federal, third-party certification requirement. We believe consumers rightfully hold every organic farm, business and product to that trust baseline. But many organic farmers and businesses and their consumers hold organic to emerging and higher baselines than the federal certification program can or will. OPT exists for the higher-baseline consumer and the farmers and businesses that seek them. OPT raises the trust baseline by working with the existing system of federal certifying bodies and giving them innovative tools for assuring product compliance.

You can find products that meet the OPT Certified Grass-Fed Organic Livestock Program™ standards by looking for our Seal.

Our meat is produced in harmony with the laws of nature, organically. We prohibit the use of synthetic hormones, pesticides or antibiotics and we feed only 100% certified organic feed.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is the membership-based business association for the organic industry in North America. As the only trade association focusing exclusively on organic agriculture and its products, OTA stays on top of the latest issues and trends that affect organic trade and takes action as necessary on behalf of its members. OTA represents businesses across the organic supply chain and addresses all things organic, including food, fiber/textiles, personal care and pet products, and new sectors as they develop. Since its inception, the association has been a key player in shaping both the regulatory and market environment for organic products…

Organic Valley is the brand label for CROPP Cooperative, the largest organic cooperative in the USA. Working with nature is what inspired our original seven farmers to form an organic farming cooperative in 1988. Today our membership has grown to more than 1,800 family farms in 34 states, and our high standards shine through in our delicious, award-winning, certified organic foods.

Organically Grown Company is the largest distributor of organic produce in the Northwest. Frankly though, we never aspired to be the “biggest.” Mostly, we aspire to come to work every day and give a damn.

At the core of OGC is a simple idea that has held steady since the beginning: that organic agriculture is necessary for a healthy environment and healthy people.

Our goal is to support organic agriculture and help it thrive, by doing business in a way that is “good, clean and fair.”

That goes for our customers, our vendors, our employees, our community and our environment.

organicgirl® is a small group of women and men in California's fertile Salinas Valley who want to offer the best organic produce ever offered.
We created the name organicgirl® because we wanted something that had a sense of youth and promise and freshness about it. And we wanted to make real sure you know we're an organic only company. And once we chose the name, something dawned on us: Who is organicgirl? Both men and women alike who enjoy healthy, fresh, sustainable produce grown in harmony with Mother Nature. We're all organicgirls. In fact, we have it on good authority that Mother Nature is an organicgirl, too.

The vision of Organics Aotearoa New Zealand is to make the world more sustainable through organics. Our mission is to achieve excellence and endurance in organic agriculture and commerce and grow the organic sector in New Zealand. Our members act individually and work collectively to nurture and protect the environment and to enhance the wellbeing of New Zealanders.

OANZ provides leadership for our members to collaboratively work for organic policies that are good for the health of New Zealand’s people, communities, environment and economy. Our advocacy is focused on creating a world where people can easily access food and fibre devoid of harmful chemicals, grown in healthy soils that help regenerate the earth by sequestering carbon and combating climate change.

We are committed to offering the best products, grown and prepared in a natural way and without exploitation to the environment. Small farmers and co-ops of farmers grow OSKRI products.

OBI produces personal healthcare products.