Our Advocacy Work
By informing our members about relevant policy and legislative issues, Oregon Tilth can empower citizens to vote for change with their dollars and ballots.
Oregon Tilth has a diverse constituency ranging from rural farmers to urban gardeners. Our advocacy efforts attempt to consider and represent the broad interests of our constituents. By informing our members about relevant policy and legislative issues, Oregon Tilth can empower citizens to vote for change with their dollars and ballots. Specific tactics Oregon Tilth implements to ensure effective advocacy efforts include (but are not limited to):
Participation in strategic decision-making processes of:- National Organic Standards Board meetings
- Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Technical Advisory Committee
- Food Policy Councils
- Partnering with and supporting organizations that focus and specialize in advocacy work:
- National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
- Western Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
- Community Food Security Coalition
- Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
- Organic Trade Association
- Informing and mobilizing members and constituents
