Would you like a grant to help you access big international markets by
gaining organic certification to US, European, Japanese, Korean or Chinese organic standards?
Many are unable to pay the fees associated with
gaining organic certification.
«The community wants Lismore to be a model of sustainability and being named the first council in Australia to
gain this organic certification shows we're really serious about achieving that vision.»
«Farmers must undergo a rigorous and sometimes challenging transition period of 36 months before they can
gain organic certification and market their products as certified organic.
Not exact matches
Barriers to entry for third - party
certification, including direct costs and paperwork, mean that many of the smallest and poorest farmers (those that have the most to
gain by joining a system of committed
organic production) can not participate, and this hurts the growth of the
organic movement as a whole.
As I understand it, certified
organic dairy farms
gain «most» of their
certification on the fact that they feed (if only partially) their cows with «
organic fodder» which of course, is going to contain «
organic» grain and often other animal products).