The purpose of this document is to provide guidance in installing practices for use as buffers in organic production systems in order to meet the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations. Conservation buffers are generally strips of vegetation placed in the landscape to influence ecological processes and provide a variety of services.
Type: Guides & Manuals
Guide for Organic Crop Producers
New farmers, and farmers experienced in conventional agriculture, often find that obtaining organic certification for their crops is quite challenging. This guide is intended to help lead farmers through the organic certification process. Chapters 1 through 4 explain the National Organic Program (NOP) and describe the process of organic certification. Later chapters explain specific USDA… Continue reading Guide for Organic Crop Producers
A Guide to Organic Certification
This guide provides an overview of organic certification and the steps to certifying.
A Guide for Organic Processors
This publication is intended primarily as a guide for farmers who wish to add value to their organic crops through processing. It does not include the farm practices that are required to grow organic crops, raise organic livestock, or obtain organic certification for a farm. Information on those topics can be found in other ATTRA… Continue reading A Guide for Organic Processors
A Guide for Organic Livestock Producers
This guide is an overview of the process of becoming certified organic. It is designed to explain the USDA organic regulations as they apply to livestock producers. If you are also producing crops, you will need the “Guide for Organic Producers” to understand the regulations pertaining to the land and to crop production. In addition… Continue reading A Guide for Organic Livestock Producers
2023 Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Pilot Handbook (Reissued)
This handbook provides procedures for underwriting and loss adjustment for the WFRP plan of insurance.