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California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) is a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-accredited organic certifying agency and trade association, located in Santa Cruz, California. Formed in 1973, CCOF was the first organic certification entity in the United States.
There are two primary laws that regulate organic production: at a federal level, the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and at a state level, the California Organic Food and Farming Act of 2016. Both laws lay out standards for production, processing, handling and retailing that must be followed in order to label a product as "organic".
Lundberg Family Farms, based in Richvale, California, United States, is a farm that produces rice, chips and their packaging, and that also markets organic foods. It is family owned and has been a pioneer in organic farming, especially rice products. It was the first business to produce and market a brand of organic rice in the United States.
A non-exhaustive list of organic approved pesticides with their median lethal doses: Boric acid is used as an insecticide (LD 50: 2660 mg/kg). Copper(II) sulfate is used as a fungicide and is also used in conventional agriculture (LD 50 300 mg/kg). Conventional agriculture has the option to use the less toxic Mancozeb (LD 50 4,500 to 11,200 mg/kg)
Marin Organic is a non-profit 501(c)(3) association of organic producers headquartered in Point Reyes Station, California.Founded in 1999 with the goal of creating the first all-organic county, [1] Marin Organic is known for working with the government, community groups and organizations, fellow ranchers and farmers to advance the practice of sustainable, organic production.
You can join the farm’s notification list to get updated on when to come by and pick fruit Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday through Sunday The list may be updated as Northern California farms ...
Grimmway Farms was established in the mid-1960s when brothers Rodney Grimm and Robert Grimm started farming five acres of sweet corn on their grandfather's chicken farm in Anaheim, California. [4] Through the years, they added other crops, which they sold alongside the corn in small family-run roadside produce stands.
Whole Foods 365 organic whole carrots (pictured) and organic baby carrots are part of a recall from Grimmway Farms after an E.coli outbreak. / Credit: Grimmway Farms Bunny Luv - 1lb, 2lb, 3lb, 5lb