Agricultural Marketing Service

Description

The USDA aims to strengthen market support for U.S. agriculture Organic Certification Cost Share Program grants that reduce the cost of organic certification by reimbursing organic operators for 75% of their certification costs up to a maximum of $750 per certification. Producers and handlers in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and 5 territories (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands) are eligible to participate in and receive a portion of the $11.5M allocated to the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program in FY14 which is authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (The Farm Bill).

Who can apply

• State governments

Contact

Dana Stahl <br/>Cost Share Manager <br/>Phone 540-361-1126
dana.stahl@ams.usda.gov