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A crop, livestock, wild crop, and handling certification agency. Accredited by the USDA on 4/29/02.

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.

Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture Institute offers three types of certification: USDA National Organic Program certification for use of the term organic within the United States, International certification for clients wishing to use the term organic in international markets, and Maharishi Vedic Agriculture certification, for clients who wish to use the Maharishi Vedic Agriculture label and trademark as an additional, optional label claim.

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.

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture's Organic Certification Program has a series of Guidance Documents production (farming) and handling (food processing) clients can use to learn about some of the requirements found in 7 CFR, Part 205, the National Organic Program; Final Rule. Guidance Documents explain what is required by or what is meant by a specific regulation within the rule. Often, specific requirements NJDA may have for their clients to document or verify compliance with a particular rule can be found within the Guidance Documents.

Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit research and education membership organization dedicated to biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture. Oregon Tilth offers educational events throughout the state of Oregon, and provides organic certification services to organic growers, processors, and handlers internationally.

Acrop, livestock, wild crop, and handling certification agency. Accredited by the USDA on 4/29/02.

The federally accredited Maryland Organic Certification Program (MOCP) certified 78 farms along with twelve handlers of organic products in Maryland in 2004. The program also registered an additional 15 farms as organic that are exempt from the certification requirements.

A crop, wild crop, and handling certification agency. Accredited by the USDA on 6/1/04.