Mendocino Organic Network...
  • was founded in 2001 by a small group of renegades
  • supports and promotes local organic and biodynamic farms and businesses
  • is structured by its founders to stay small, local, informal, independent, non-governmental, and non-bureaucratic
  • is a steering committee of unpaid volunteers who have equal voting power
  • is supported by non-tax-deductable donations and maintains open books
The Renegade Project is also supported by farm and business annual fees.

Mendocino Renegade...
  • aims to create an inexpensive, credible program of labeling local organically produced products for the benefit of producers (farmers / ranchers), processors (retailers, wholesalers, restaurants), and consumers.
  • offers reasonable cost to local producers and processors with minimal paperwork
  • assures organic claims
  • is manageable for the "certifier"
  • minimizes the role of government and politics in organic agriculture
Mendocino Organic Network is a project of Cloud Forest Institute, a 501 c3 non profit organization.