Organizations

• North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX) is a network of individuals throughout the United States and Canada devoted to the discovery, cultivation and appreciation of superior varieties of fruits and nuts.
• Home Orchard Society Inc. (HOS) is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to assisting both novice and expert growers and promoting the science, culture, and pleasure of growing fruit. Founded in 1975 in Portland, Oregon, Home Orchard Society has a worldwide membership.
• Rare Fruit Council International (RFCI), Manatee County Chapter newsletter
• Midwest Fruit Explorers, also known as MidFEx, is located in the Chicago, IL area. It describes itself as similar to CRFG, but with an emphasis on the fruits of Midwest USA.
• Western Cascade Fruit Society is made up of chapters throughout Western Washington whose members are aspiring hobby orchardists and backyard fruit growers in the Puget Sound area.
• American Phytopathological Society
• The California Farm Bureau Federation
• California Avocado Commission
• National Gardening Association
• TreeLink, a national website project that provides resources for urban and community forestry.
• Carnarvon Horticulture, the Web Site for Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Carnarvon, Western Australia.
• Pennsylvania Backyard Fruit Growers
• California Olive Oil Council was created in 1992 to exchange information about growing olives and making olive oil.
• Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) - Overview of Organic Fruit Production.
• California Organic Gardening Club, Orange County organization with a demonstration garden at the Fullerton Arboretum.
• Wild Rose Agricultural Producers, Alberta's largest producer funded general farm organization.
• Rare Fruit Council International (RFCI), Florida-based organization of amateurs interested in tropical and subtropical fruits, with chapters throughout Florida.
• California Kiwifruit Commission, everything you wanted to know about kiwis.
• California Fuyu Growers Association, information and links about the sweet persimmon.
• Passiflora Society International, information, seed bank and links to sources of passion flower lore.
• International Centre for Underutilised Crops (ICUC) - Fruits and Nuts, University of Southampton - Study and promotion of the growing of fruit and nut crops.
• Rare Fruit & Vegetable Council of Broward County (FL) - An equivalent of CRFG with their own nursery and three acre growing site.

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More links will be added here as we find them (and find the time to update this page.)