http://coopamerica.org
Our Mission is to harness economic power – the strength of consumers investors, and businesses – to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
http://ifoam.org
IFOAM's mission is leading, uniting and assisting the organic movement in its full diversity.
Our goal is the worldwide adoption of ecologically, socially and economically sound systems that are based on the principles of Organic Agriculture.
http://.ams.usda.gov/nop/indexNet.htm
The National organic program lists the standards for USDA organic classification.
http://organic-center.org
Vision
Conversion of agriculture to organic methods, improved health for the earth and its inhabitants, and greater awareness of and demand for organic products.
Mission
To generate credible, peer reviewed scientific information and communicate the verifiable benefits of organic farming and products to society.
Goals
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Promote a new found understanding of the health and other benefits of organic foods and production through a comprehensive set of credible, peer-reviewed scientific studies that highlight and underscore the "organic difference."
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Communicate organic benefits to the public and policy makers and focus the attention of mainstream media on the health and other benefits of organics.
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Contribute to a significant increase in organic production, consumption and sales by educating a new generation of consumers through effective health benefit focused education.
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Develop new financial resources for research into the organic benefit by highlighting and emphasizing the need for additional public and other funding, and directly funding crucial scientific research.
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Establish effective strategic collaborations and partnerships between research institutions and individuals to advance our mission.
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Serve as a world-wide clearinghouse for this information, tracking research, both past and current, analyze the results and provide them to the public, the media, and government agencies to aid efforts to promote environmental, public health and organic causes.
http://organicexchange.org/
Our Mission
Catalyze market forces to deliver sustained environmental, economic and social benefits through expansion of organic fiber agriculture.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a different kind of market where the promise of organic farming can be realized. A market where farmers are known and celebrated, where innovation design, social equity and stewardship of the land go hand in hand, where healthy and fair returns are shared by everyone in the supply chain and culminates in the delivery of functional, beautiful, sustainable products to consumers everywhere.
Goals
Our long term goal is to grow the amount of certified organic land farmed for fiber production by 50% per year. Achieving this goal will allow us to have a positive, significant, visible and measurable impact on the world.
http://organic.org
This educational website offers many approaches to going organic and has compiled the top ten reasons to go organic
http://ota.org
Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership-based business association that focuses on the organic business community in North America. OTA's mission is to promote and protect the growth of organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public and the economy.
http://theorganicreport.org
The Organic Pages Online provides users with a quick, easy way to find certified organic products, producers, ingredients, supplies and services offered by OTA members, as well as items of interest to the entire organic community.
www.sustain360.org
The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service hosts an organic blog.
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