Press Releases
2013 Press Releases
May 9, 2013
(May 9, 2013) Santa Cruz, CA – CCOF announced today that its industry-leading tool, MyCCOF, has been expanded with new services for CCOF-certified entities and organic industry buyers. The updated MyCCOF includes the first online access to digitized...
April 24, 2013
"I sat down with Mary Leslie, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Business Council, and Cathy Calfo of California Certified Organic Farmers, to pick their brains about a recent trip to China with Governor Jerry Brown. Here's what they took away...
April 8, 2013
Executive Director Calfo to Attend Delegation Meetings in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou
(April 8, 2013) Santa Cruz, CA – Cathy Calfo, Executive Director and CEO of CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers), will travel to China as part of a...
April 4, 2013
USDA National Organic Program (NOP) Releases Updated List of Certified Organic Operations
(April 4, 2013) Santa Cruz, CA – Recently released figures indicate that CCOF Certification Services remains the largest USDA National Organic Program (NOP)...
March 28, 2013
For the 10th anniversary of the National Organics Program officials are reviewing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s oversight role with an eye on reducing paperwork while maintaining standards.
Some organic certifiers, including California...
February 19, 2013
USDA Responds to Request to Reduce Paperwork
(February 18, 2013) Santa Cruz, CA – Today, CCOF, the nation’s largest and oldest organic certifier, thanked the USDA for its response to a request for reduction of barriers to organic certification that...
February 11, 2013
(February 11, 2013) Santa Cruz, CA – CCOF announced today the award of over $6,000 in relief funds to eight certified organic operations that experienced extreme hardships such as drought, fire, invasive pest losses, or other natural disasters in...
February 8, 2013
Restoring organic programs that were zeroed out in funding will be a top priority for industry advocates in upcoming negotiations over the 2013 Farm Bill.
Early this year, the previous 2008 Farm Bill was extended for nine months but numerous organic...
January 24, 2013
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — California Certified Organic Farmers marked its 40th anniversary with a tour of Central Coast growers, its backers pausing along the way to reflect on obstacles overcome or still in their path.
The tour, which ended with a...
January 22, 2013
120 Organic Movement Farmers, Founders & Supporters in Two Buses
View California Farms & Share Stories at EcoFarm, Wed., Jan. 23
(Jan. 22, 2013) Santa Cruz, CA – CCOF, the nation’s leader in organic certification, advocacy, and education...
2012 Press Releases
October 2, 2012
CCOF and Oregon Tilth, two of the nation's oldest organic certification, advocacy, and educational organizations, have suspended plans to join forces. Plans for the two organizations to merge were announced in May.
On Saturday, September 29, at a...
March 20, 2012
USDA National Organic Program (NOP) Releases New List of Certified Organic Operations
Figures released over the weekend place CCOF Certification Services, as the largest certifier of organic products in the U.S. CCOF represents 2,321 certified...
January 27, 2012
Calling for the advancement of practices and policies that will grow organic during 2012, CCOF will host CaliforniaSecretary of Agriculture Karen Ross and U.S. Farm Bill author and activist Daniel Imhoff(author of Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to...
2011 Press Releases
April 27, 2011
CCOF announced today the appointment of former California Deputy State Treasurer Cathy Calfo as Executive Director. Since 1973, CCOF has been a leader in enforcing standards for organic certification and in shaping policies that ensure the...