Sentences with phrase «certified organic management»
Likewise, land under certified organic management in Africa is expanding.
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Interest in organic certification has increased since the Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council, which sets the National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce in Australia, approved a proposal allowing producers to be fully certified organic after one year of inspections, providing they can verify that the property has been under organic management for the previous three years.
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Organic Certification Cost Share Program: This option applies to certified organic producers (crop and livestock operators only) in 16 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.
If a producer verifies the property has been under organic management for the previous three years, certified organic status can be granted after the 12 - month In Conversion period.
For a producer operation it can take up to 3 years of organic management practices to become fully certified organic, depending on the information you can provide (if you can prove the operation has been organically managed for a certain period of time, the duration can be shorter).
«There's a lot of juggling and organising with the organic side of the business because farm management has to abide by the Australian Certified Organic Standard,» Jason says.
«Under organic certification initial soil tests are taken on farms and they're audited each year to make sure the property and its management complies with the Australian Certified Organic Standard,» Michael says.
Producers could be fully certified after just one year of inspections, if they can verify that the property has been under organic management for the previous three years.
The initiative envisages a range of sustainable land uses within the buffer zones and linking areas, including certified forest management and organic agriculture79.