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Important Stamps on website

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if you look on these pages you see several stamps of approval. Some of these are USDA certified organic and another one. Under those programs, the President of the USA signed the farm bill and in that bill the organic farmers of Maine actually get funding! A lot of people do not know this. The other important stamp is The “Canada Organic • Biologique Canada” mark is a small symbol that carries a big message

https://highwoodcrossing.com/learning-centre/organic-and-non-gmo/what-does-certified-organic-mean/

http://www.mofga.org/Programs/Public-Policy/Federal-Policy/2014-Farm-Bill

MOFGA's Farm Bill priorities have the following results:
•Organic Certification Cost-Share Program – The bill establishes mandatory funding and authority for the program, which provides partial reimbursement for rising organic certification costs and is especially important for small and mid-size operations. MOFGA certified organic producers benefit greatly from this program, with more than 90% of producers participating annually.
•Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program and the Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program – The bill combines the programs, provides permanent, baseline funding ($50 million annually), and makes significant policy improvements. Since 2011, this program has secured almost $2 million in federal funding for MOFGA's beginning farmer programs, which are shifting the demographics of Maine's farm population.
•Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) – The bill includes an historic increase in funding to permanent, baseline status by 2023, which will help ensure the continuation of this program beyond the life of the current Farm Bill. Cutting-edge research conducted through the OREI program helps farmers become more productive, efficient, and profitable and leads to the development of new agricultural practices that can be used by conventional and organic farmers alike. Maine's university system has secured funds through this program.
•Integrity of Organic Imports – The bill expands resources and authorities for organic import enforcement, which will bolster the USDA and organic community's efforts to deter fraud in the organic sector.
•Organic Market Research – The bill provides $5 million in funding for organic data collection efforts. This data is vital to policymakers, researchers, and industry participants alike to maintain stable markets, create risk management tools, track production trends, and curb fraud in the organic sector.
•Local Agriculture Marketing Program – The bill combines and strengthens the Farmers' Market and Local Food Promotion Program, and the Value-Added Producer Grant Program, and provides permanent, baseline funding.
•Local Control of Pesticide Use – The bill omits language from a prior draft, which would have prohibited local governments from restricting pesticide use. This defends decades of thoughtful public policy development in Maine, where at least 29 municipalities have created ordinances to promote organic landcare practices and protect human health and the environment from unnecessary application of synthetic pesticides.
•Federal Environmental Protections – The bill omits language from a prior draft, which would have rolled back pesticide regulations in the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act.
•Conservation Stewardship Program – The bill rejects language in a prior draft to eliminate the program. It preserves current funding and makes important policy improvements to encourage cover cropping, resource-conserving crop rotation, and advanced grazing systems.

MOFGA works closely with organizations in Maine and across the country to advance the national policy interests of organic farmers, processors and consumers. MOFGA's partnerships with the Washington, DC-based organizations the National Organic Coalition (NOC) and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) help ensure that the specific needs of Maine's organic sector are addressed in the federal policy. MOFGA is excited to continue its collaboration with NOC, NSAC and USDA to implement these new funds and policies to advance organic agriculture.


"The boost in funding for organic research and the provisions enhancing organic import enforcement are cause for celebration in the organic community," said Sarah Alexander, MOFGA's executive director. "MOFGA is deeply disturbed, however, by two provisions that undercut the work of the National Organic Standards Board. "We will continue to fight to reverse policies that undermine the transparency, high integrity, and full participation in the organic standards setting process."