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Certified organic farmers use no rBGH, grow no GE food, use antibiotics
only when animals are sick, and use limited amounts of organic pesticides. These
practices reduce the potential for food safety problems.
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Want to get involved? You can connect with organizations working on sustainable food
and farming issues in your area and across the nation. Whether you are interested in joining
a food co-op, a local group or national campaigns, you can find them in this section.
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Independent Organic Inspectors Association (IOIA)
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The Independent Organic Inspectors Association (IOIA) is a non-profit, professional association of organic farm, livestock, and process inspectors dedicated to verification of organic production practices. IOIA provides organic inspector training and networking services world-wide. Their web site includes a newsletter, a special organic inspectors corner, member directories, publications, a calendar, training information, and related links.
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Sustainable Food Center
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Sustainable Food Center works to create a food secure community by improving access to local, healthy and affordable food for children and adults in Central Texas. Publishes e-newsletter Fresh Picks and a handbook for community gardening. Sponsors farmers' markets, cooking and nutrition education, youth gardens.
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Texas Organic Growers Association (TOGA)
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Publishes Texas Organic News quarterly. This is a decentralized organization with 14 area managers. See newsletter for contact information. The principle objective of TOGA is to promote organic methods of working with the soil and the plants and animals which draw their sustenance from the soil, and to educate conventional growers and the general public in these practices.
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Western Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
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Western SAWG addresses issues that no one of its members can completely and effectively tackle on its own here in the West. Western SAWG serves as a clearinghouse for agricultural policy, program models and analysis. We can provide a range of other networking and support services for our members such as: region-wide issue development, staff services for joint collaborative projects and conference planning, project evaluation and project endorsements for member initiatives. Our area of operation includes organizations and individuals located within the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
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World Hunger Relief, Inc.
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At the heart of World Hunger Relief, Inc. (WHRI) is the philosophy to live simply, helping those who struggle to meet their basic needs by sharing and investing what God has given us into others. We are a non-profit organization of volunteers and professionals who are committed to the alleviation of hunger around the world. Our desire to address the global problem of hunger is guided by three main objectives: Training in intensive, natural, sustainable farming techniques for those who are hungry and whose work does not provide sustenance; education in methods of conserving and sharing resources for those with an abundance; and on-site training and assistance in sustainable development in specific locations around the world. We continue to make every effort to train workers so that they will be equipped to empower the ?poorest of the poor? to directly address the causes and associated effects of hunger.
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