Organic Resource Database

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Find resources, connections, and support relevant to you!

The UC OAI Organic Resource Database is a tool for you to connect with organizations or individuals in your region and across the state that offer a range of activities - from technical, financial and other forms of assistance to applied research for organic agriculture.

How to use the database:

We built this database with the goal of providing multiple pathways to find the resources and connections to the technical assistance, applied research, academic programs, and extension education you are looking for. You can search by county-level region, organization type, and activities. Additionally, you can use keywords (such as “soil” or “pests”) for a more targeted search.

If you would like to search by county region:

You can simply click on the county you are looking to find resources in. For this example, Placer County was selected. Once you have selected the county of interest for the search, you can click each tab under organizations to review the people and organizations working either locally or statewide.

If you would like to search by organization type:

You can filter your search by organization type supporting organic agriculture. There are multiple public organization types including California Department of Food and Agriculture, Academic, UC Cooperative Extension, USDA, and Resource Conservation Districts. In addition, there are a wide range of community organizations such as non-profits that support diverse activities for organic agriculture.

To filter by organization type, click the check box located in front of each category under the Organization Type tab. From there, you can review entries that are categorized by your selected organization type. For this example, filtering by "Resource Conservation District" brings up 13 organizations such as Marin RCD. 

If you would like to search by activity supporting organic agriculture:

You can also filter by activities that support organic agriculture. The definitions for each category of activity are: 

Advocacy: Work that supports a particular cause and/or policy relevant to organic agriculture.

Application assistance: Work that supports the submission of farmer applications for programs such as financial incentives, farmer research, conservation planning, and more.

Applied research: Scientific research that answers critical relevant questions for organic production strategies as well as socio-economic and policy analysis.

Certification services: Work that supports the certification processes that regulate organic agriculture.

Education and workshops: Work that supports the sharing of knowledge about topics relevant to organic agriculture such as through online materials or in-person events.

Farmer training: Formal programs that support the training of farmers in organic agriculture.

Financial services: Work that provides financial incentive opportunities relevant for organic farmers.

Organic technical assistance: Work and programming that focuses specifically on organic agriculture.

Regulatory compliance: Work the promotes successful compliance with regulations relevant to organic farmers (e.g. food safety modernization act).

Workforce development: Work that supports the current and future organic workforce.

To filter by activity, click the check box located in front of each category under the Activities tab. From there, you can review entries that are categorized by your selected activity. For this example, filtering by "farmer training" brings up 6 organizations across the state that offer formal training programs for farmers.