International Certification Services, Inc.

Title: International Certification Services, Inc. Category: Associations and Organizations / Certification Agencies / USDA Organic Certification Agencies / Domestic Clicks: 0 Listing added: Sep 23, 2008 PageRank: 5/10

Farm Verified Organic (FVO) was conceived in 1979, the collaborative effort of a group of North Dakota growers, including Fred Kirschenmann, (who still maintains a leadership position with FVO), Michael Marcolla of the Mercantile Food Company, and Loek uit het Broek, who was a European authority on organic agriculture and certification at the time. FVO's first certifications were issued in 1980.