Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Title: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Category: Associations and Organizations / Certification Agencies / USDA Organic Certification Agencies / Domestic Clicks: 3 Listing added: Sep 23, 2008 PageRank: 4/10

The Plant Industry Section of the Division of Agriculture and Resource Marketing administers the Rhode Island Organic Certification Program, by which qualified crops producers and handlers in the state are certified as growing and handling/processing produce organically. Beginning in 1990, crops were certified by standards developed by the Rhode Island Organic Certification Committee. Since the USDA AMS National Organic Program (NOP) went into effect in October 2002, the DEM has been an accredited state certification agency certifying according to the NOP Standards. The NOP requires that any raw or processed farm product sold as organic in the US must be produced according to these Standards.