Organic Certification 101

Ope! Starting a farm or transitioning a farm to certified organic is tough! New crops, new pests, new markets, and new paperwork. Jake Overgaard, certification specialist from Midwest Organic Services Association (MOSA), and Vicki Morrone, organic systems academic specialist from MSU, are here to discuss the pitfalls and easily-missed or commonly screwed up things that require extra time to remedy and could have gone smoother for Organic Certification.

You can get more information on organic certification from mosaorganic.org, including a nice set of factsheets to keep your head from spinning.