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CALIFORNIA and U.S. ASSOCIATIONS
American Center for Wine, Food
and the Arts The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts is
dedicated to exploring and celebrating the distinct American contribution to
the character of wine and food in close association with the arts and
humanities.
1700 Soscol Avenue, Suite One, Napa, CA 94559-1315 Phone: (707) 257-3606
Fax: (707) 257-8601Email:
mail@theamericancenter.org
American Institute of Wine and Food
(AIWF)
304 West Liberty Street, Suite 20, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
800-274-AIWF (2493) Fax 502-589-3602
aiwf@hqtrs.com
Association of California Water Agencies
The American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS), an international society serving fats, oils, proteins, surfactants, and detergents fields, has more than 5,000 members in over 90 countries. Members are professionals, corporations, and students with an interest in the science and technology of fats, oils, and related materials
Association of Dressings and Sauces, Contact: Jacque Knight. Ph: 404 252 3663. Fax: 404 252 0774. Email: ads@assnhq.com.
California Agricultural Statistics Service
California Certified Organic Farmers CCOF's purpose is to promote and support organic agriculture in California and expand public support for organic agriculture; and advocacy for governmental policies that protect and encourage organic agriculture
California Department of Food and Agriculture
California Farm Bureau Federation
California Farm Bureau Federation Food and Farm News
California Farm Water Coalition
717 K Street, Suite 505 - Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone (916) 441-7723 Fax (916) 441-7842
info@cfwc.com
California Irrigation Institute
California League of Food Processors Our food processing members supply the world's consumers with premium quality fruits and vegetables which range from apricots to zucchini in every package type imaginable.
California Olive Oil Council- Certification body for California grown olive oils P.O. Box 7520 Berkeley, CA 94707-0520
California
Organic Program
California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Regulates the labeling of olives and oil as organic.
California Women for Agriculture
Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems is a research and education group at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Center's goal is to research, develop, and advance sustainable food and agricultural systems which are environmentally sound, economically viable, socially responsible, non-exploitative, and which serve as a foundation for future generations
Community Alliance with Family Farmers is a nonprofit member-activist organization. CAFF political and educational campaigns are building a movement of rural and urban people who foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies, and promotes social justice.
California Olive Committee - administers the program set up by Federal Marketing Order No. 932 under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 to effect the orderly marketing of olives grown in California. Mostly concerns itself with canned olives.
Fertilizer Research and Education Program The Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) was created to advance the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use and handling of fertilizer materials. Most of FREP's current work is concerned specifically with nitrate contamination of groundwater.
Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils
National Agricultural Statistics Service - United States
NAOOA - North American Olive Oil Association - an organization of mainly oil importers
NIOP - National Institute Of Oilseed Products The National Institute of Oilseed Products is an international trade association with the principal objective of promoting the general business welfare of persons, firms and corporations engaging in the buying, selling, processing, shipping, storage and use of vegetable oils and raw materials. National Institute of Oilseed Products 1156 Fifteenth Street, NW Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005, Phone: 202 785 - 8450, Fax: 202 223 - 9741, email niop@kellencompany.com
National Organic Program of the USDA
Northern California Water Association
Olive Growers Council - organization for growers of table olives in California: 121 E. Main Street, Suite 8 - Visalia - CA 93291 - (559)734-1710 ˇ FAX (559)625-4847 email:adin@goldstate.net
Texas Olive Oil Council - 25 Highland Park Village Suite 100 - 311 Dallas, Texas 75205-2726 phone 214-528-3322 email: olives@texasoliveoilcouncil.org
University of California Olive Site
A bounty of information for those researching the industry or those wanting to
cultivate, press, or home process olives
Olive Oil Cost Study North Coast - 1999
Olive Oil Cost Study Central Coast - 2001
Olive Oil Cost Study Super High Density Central Valley - 2004
University of California Davis - Dept. of Pomology
University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project - UC IPM online
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program SAREP provides leadership and support for scientific research and education to encourage farmers, farmworkers, and consumers in California to produce, distribute, process and consume food and fiber in a manner that is economically viable, sustains natural resources and biodiversity, and enhances the quality of life in the state's diverse communities for present and future generations
UC Calaveras County Extension - University of California Cooperative Extension - Calaveras County
United
States Department of Agriculture -
National Agricultural Library
Food
and Nutrition Information Library
ORGANIC FARMING LINKS
Biocycle Journal
Cornell
Composting
Community Alliance with
Family Farmers (CAFF)
Environmental Working Group
International Federation of
Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Institute for
Agricultural Trade and Policy
Pest Management at the Crossroads
Soil Association
The Organic Farmers
Marketing Association (OFMA)
UC Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)
UCSC Center for
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
Organic
Farming and Produce Links
Australian and New Zealand Organic Olive Association
Newsgroups / Search engines
Web-agri - agricultural search engine (not a directory site)
Sales/Marketing/Imports/Exports
agAccess Information Service/Ceres Online
Ag Links
California Restaurant Association
FoodNet On-line
Food Marketing Institute
GAIN Global Agribusiness Information Network
Inverizon Ag-Links
National Restaurant
Association
Produce Net
Miscellaneous Olive Links
An Ode to Olives
Links to olive sites by an olive enthusiast
Botanical information
from Botanical.com
Carli Olive Oil Museum in Imperia, Italy
Cucina Italiana online - excellent articles and recipes
Home page of Antonio Gianno, Florence Italy - Olive Oil
information
La Cucina Italiana - magazine
Oliveoil.net
- Link site for olive oil information
Olive Oil
of the Month Club - Olive Oil Tasting notes
The Italian
Culinary Institute
Olive farming, olive oil and olives in Spain
Other Links:
Bulkoil.com - Sellers and
buyers of bulk edible oils.
Olive Oil News - Whats
news in the Olive Oil Industry
Olive Oil Source -
Olive Oil for sale, machinery, bottles, containers, pruners and other supplies
for the olive oil industry