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.

The Mendocino Renegade Weblog is now active. Current products available from Mendocino Family Farmers, and how to obtain them, is kept updated on a regular basis during the season. News, views, and activities around local food and how to obtain it is available hear round. Please visit.

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.