Governmental Resources
Advocacy Organization
Certification Organizations
Standards and Certification Resources
Trade Organizations

Governmental Resources

USDA National Organic Program
USDA National Organic Program provides standardization, grading and market news services for organic products, and enforces applicable US regulations and laws.
www.ams.usda.gov/nop

Advocacy Organization

MADE-BY MADE-BY is a label for sustainably produced fashion.
Together with the affiliated brands MADE-BY works on improving the environmental and social circumstances in the whole production chain. Where possible, the brands replace the materials they use with sustainable alternatives like organic cotton and work with factories with good social circumstances. The garments of these brands can be identified by the blue MADE-BY button. With the MADE-BY Track & Trace system on the internet consumers can find out where and by whom a garment was made. Brands affiliated with MADE-BY are among others: Edun, Komodo, Imps & Elfs, Jackpot, Kuyichi and Nomad.
www.made-by.org

Sustainable Cotton Project The Sustainable Cotton Project focuses educating of farmers, consumers and manufacturers about the impacts of conventional cotton and the ways to transition to organic cotton.
www.sustainablecotton.org

Pesticide Action Network
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is a network of over 600 participating nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 60 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound alternatives.
www.pan-international.org

Organic Consumers Union
The Organic Consumers Union is a US-based non-profit publisher of consumer reports. It provides information on consumer issues and promotes consumer action campaigns.
www.consumersunion.org

Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) The OCA is a grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability.
www.organicconsumers.org

Soil Association
The Soil Association is the UK's leading campaigning and certification organization for organic food and farming. They have been working to raise awareness about the positive health and environmental benefits of organic food and farming and supporting farmers in producing natural food consumers can trust.
www.soilassociation.org

Helvetas
Helvetas works with local NGO’s and government partners to promote self-reliant and sustainable development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It focuses on improvement of rural infrastructure, promotion of sustainable exploitation of natural resources and the promotion of education and culture.
www.helvetas.org

Max Havelaar Foundation
The Max Havelaar Foundation works to provide market access at fair and sustainable conditions for products grown by farming cooperatives and agricultural workers in disadvantaged regions of the Southern hemisphere.
www.maxhavelaar.ch

Certification Organizations

IFOAM
The goal of IFOAM the worldwide adoption of ecologically, socially and economically sound systems that are based on the principles of Organic Agriculture.
www.ifoam.org

Standards and Certification Resources

OE Standards and Certification Document
This document provides information and insights into the various standards and certifications required for the use of the specific organic labels and/or logos on applicatble materials and/or products.
OE Standards and Certification Document

Trade Organizations

Organic Trade Association
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is the membership-based business association for the organic industry in North America. OTA's mission is to encourage global sustainability through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade.
www.ota.com

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