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Organic Valley (OV) is an organic food brand and independent cooperative of organic farmers based in La Farge, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1988 and it is the largest farmer owned organic collective in North America.
Lundberg Family Farms, based in Richvale, California, United States, is a farm that produces rice, chips and their packaging, and that also markets organic foods. It is family owned and has been a pioneer in organic farming, especially rice products. It was the first business to produce and market a brand of organic rice in the United States.
The West Farm near the Earth Dome. The Pomona College Organic Farm is an organic campus farm on 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) [1] of the southeast corner of Pomona College's campus in Claremont, California. [2] It is within Blanchard Park (more commonly known as "the Wash").
Earthbound Farm is an American farm located near San Juan Bautista, California. It is the largest producer of organic salads in the United States. [ 1 ] It was also the first company to produce prewashed, packaged salad greens on an industrial scale.
The company has purchased 2,880 acres (1,170 ha) of organic farmland [1] in Saskatchewan that it crop shares with family farmers (Fox Valley, Legend Farms, Tompkins Landing Heritage Organic Farms) as well as 2,760 acres (1,120 ha) in Montana [6] (at Wild Horse, Vilicus Farms – including partnership and apprenticeship program) for a total of 5,640 acres (2,280 ha) of organic farmland.
Tanaka Farms is a family-owned and operated farm and produce market in Irvine, California. Its focus is not wholesale goods production but agritourism, mainly focused towards school-age children on field trips. It grows over sixty varieties of fruits and vegetables and does not use GMO seeds or unapproved pesticides.
In North America, almost 2.2 million hectares are managed organically, representing approximately a 0.6 percent share of the total agricultural area. There are 12,064 organic farms. The major part of the organic land is in the US (1.6 million hectares in 2005). Seven percent of the world's organic agricultural land is in North America.
Horizon Organic's products are certified organic by the USDA and advertised as free of antibiotics, growth hormones and pesticides. Prior to being acquired by Dean Foods in 2004, it was a public company and owner of the organic dairy brands: Juniper Valley Farms, The Organic Cow of Vermont and UK brand Rachel's Organic. [2] [3]