By Kristen Walker, Certification Specialist – Maple Lead MOFGA Certification Services (MCS) has roughly 60 maple producers. Of these producers, 44 are situated along the Canadian border in the Jackman, Maine, area. As MCS’s maple lead, I organize our annual inspection trip and, along with six other inspectors, spend the first two weeks of April
By John Welton, Certification and Quality Specialist with MOFGA Certification Services MOFGA certifies seaweed as organic for human consumption and livestock feed, and we refer to any seaweed intended for human consumption as a “sea vegetable,” or “sea veg.” “Kelp” is a catch-all term that could refer to any of the seaweeds growing in Maine’s
By Chris Grigsby, MOFGA Certification Services LLC Director The MOFGA board voted in April 2017 to continue the MOFGA Certified Clean Cannabis Program beyond its trial phase and to open the program to a larger number of caregivers for the coming growing season and beyond. The trial was first featured in the fall 2016 issue
A sampling of the staff of MOFGA Certification Services LLC: Left to right – Chris Grigsby, Katy Green, Laurah Brown, Grace Keown, Jacomijn Schravesande-Gardei, Katie Webb (with daughter Edith). By Chris Grigsby, MOFGA Certification Services LLC Director As MOFGA moves toward its 50th birthday, the world of organic agriculture differs vastly from that world in
By Jacomijn Schravesande-Gardei, MOFGA Certification Services LLC In order to sell, label or represent products as organic in the United States, farming and processing operations must be certified. MOFGA Certification Services (MCS) is accredited by the USDA to certify and inspect organic operations. The MOFGA Certification label assures consumers that products have been produced with
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