Welcome to Oregon Tilth
Homepage for the Oregon Tilth website.
Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit research and education membership organization dedicated to biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture. Oregon Tilth offers educational events throughout the state of Oregon, and provides organic certification services to organic growers, processors, and handlers internationally.
AdvocacyThe full House Appropriations Committee finished markup on the FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Bill on Friday, June 19, and thanks to OTA's Annual Hill day, a new threshold for organic appropriations has been set.
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Education and ResearchPlate and Pitchfork is a Portland-based organization committed to offering its patrons a series of adventurous and informative dinners hosted on local farms every summer.
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CertificationC-R View Dairy is a true family farm located in Northwest Illinois on over 645 acres and has been certified organic with Oregon Tilth since 2002.
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US-Canada Organic Trade Agreement Announced
Jun 25, 2009 09:33 PMA first of its kind agreement has been reached between the US and Canada to expand opportunities for organic trade between the two countries. The "equivalency agreement" follows a review by both nations of the other's organic certification program.
Washington State University Oregon Organic Ag Statistics
Jun 17, 2009 01:59 PMWith cooperation from Oregon Tilth and WSDA Organic Food Program, Washington State University Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR) has been compiling statistics to characterize the organic agriculture sector in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California.
Emerging Issues in the Organic Industry
Jun 12, 2009 11:27 AMA report given by the USDA Economic Research Service covers some more recent trends facing the organic industry such as a supply squeeze, increase of organic imports from foreign countries, and a weaker economy.
