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OREGON TILTH - 47 YEARS OF SERVICE We believe food and agriculture should be biologically sound and socially equitable. This belief has guided Oregon Tilth for nearly five decades.
OUR MISSION
In 1974, farmer-poet Wendell Berry spoke at the
Support and promote biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture.
Washington. In an auditorium surrounded by farmers
“Agriculture for a Small Planet” symposium in Spokane, and environmentalists, Berry said, “If we allow another generation to pass without doing what is necessary to enhance and embolden the possibility of strong
OUR VISION
agricultural communities, we will lose it altogether.”
Community-led food systems that enrich people and planet, together.
Oregon Tilth envisioned a resilient environment,
Four months later, the Tilth movement was born.
economy and community sustained by transparent agriculture. Tilth formed diverse alliances across the
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Integrity Transparency Compassion Harmony Teamwork Knowledge Courage
Pacific Northwest and organized for substantive change with public education and outreach. Oregon Tilth organic certification services became one of the first national organic certifiers in 1982. Our leadership and hard-earned credibility propelled us to help create the USDA National Organic Program in place today. Knowledge empowers people and we believe in sharing our technical expertise to educate and uplift. We develop
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programs and services that make producing sustainable food and market vitality possible and then amplify those resources to make them accessible. Since our inception,
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Quality of cultivated soil.
we’ve advocated for rigorous and sensible guidelines to maintain our food’s integrity. We continue to invest and
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Cultivation of wisdom and spirit.
promote farm viability, conservation efforts, soil health and access to equity in food and agriculture.
WE ARE UNWAVERING IN OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR FOUNDATIONAL MISSION. OR GANIC C ERTIFICATION COST SHAR E WHITE PA PE R
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