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 Applications for eligible certification expenses paid between
October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021, are due November 1,
2021.
OCCSP provides cost-share assistance to producers and handlers
of agricultural products for the costs of obtaining or
maintaining organic certification under the USDA’s National
Organic Program. Eligible producers include any certified
producers or handlers who have paid organic certification fees
to a USDA-accredited certifying agent. Producers can be
reimbursed for expenses including application fees, inspection
costs, fees related to equivalency agreement and arrangement
requirements, travel expenses for inspectors, user fees, sales
assessments and postage.
For 2021, OCCSP will reimburse 50 percent of a certified
operation’s allowable certification costs, up to a maximum of
$500 for each of the following categories or “scopes:”
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Organic farmers and ranchers may apply through an FSA
county office or a participating state agency.
This funding will be complemented by an additional $20 million for
organic and transitioning producers through the Pandemic Assistance
for Producers initiative. More information on that funding will be
available in the coming weeks.
More Information
To learn more about organic certification cost share, please visit
the OCCSP webpage, visit usda.gov/organic, or contact your local
USDA Service Center.
[Illinois FPAC Farm Service Agency]
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