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Certified Organic - Easy Steps to Achieving & Maintaining Organic Certification

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If you have an organic farm or organic business, one of the most important issues on your plate is organic certification. This section rounds up everything you'll need, such as organic certification basics, a step-by-step guide to certification, how to keep records, how to avoid common organic certification mistakes and much more.

  1. Should You Get Certified Organic?
  2. Organic Certification Costs
  3. First Steps to Organic Certification
  4. Achieve Organic Certification
  1. Maintain Organic Certification
  2. Certification Concerns & Problems
  3. State Organic Certification Considerations & Requirements

Should You Get Certified Organic?

Before you officially go organic, there's a lot to consider. For example, is organic right for you? Is getting certified necessary and will it help your business?

Organic Certification Costs

Organic certification costs can be expensive, but there are ways to go organic, even if you're short on funds. Plus, there are also helpful organizations willing to lend a hand with certification start-up costs.

First Steps to Organic Certification

After you decide to get certified organic - what's next? Here are the first steps on the path to organic certification success.

Achieve Organic Certification

Easy tips about how to actually get certified organic and some answers about how the certification process works.

Maintain Organic Certification

You've achieved organic certification. Congratulations! That said, the organic path doesn't end here. There are many challenges you may face when it comes to maintaining your organic standing. Find out what comes after you become certified.

Certification Concerns & Problems

Even if you think you've got certification under control, some common organic certification questions and concerns may pop up.

State Organic Certification Considerations & Requirements

States must follow national rules for organic certification, but some states initiate their own state-specific policies as well.

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