What is required for organic certification? - AgriSecure

Published On: July 10, 2020
Author: AgriSecure

To receive organic certification for the first time and every year after that, a farm must provide:

An approved Organic Systems Plan (OSP) that details how the land will be farmed to comply with NOP standards
A list of fields that shows where the operation will farm organically. To qualify, there must be evidence each field has been farmed in a system that meets NOP standards for at least the past 36 months

Evidence of previous compliance can be provided two ways:

The farming operation is in possession of the necessary field and farming records for the past 36 months
The farming operation obtains an affidavit from previous operator stating it has been farmed organically

Without evidence, an entity cannot certify a specific field for organic production. As the farming entity, you retain significant influence in how (or if) the acres are able to be certified from one year to the next.

The organic certification application and recordkeeping process is not easy. AgriSecure recommends working with an Organic Consultant to reduce the headaches and stress of getting certified.

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