Organic Certification Cost Share Assistance is Back!

Reimbursement Authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill
Now Available to Michigan Handlers and Producers

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is pleased to announce that certification cost share assistance will be available to eligible Michigan organic handlers and producers who have been certified for the period of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014. 

Additional information about applying for the reimbursement is available in MDARD's Letter concerning the reimbursement, and he application is available in Microsoft Word format here.  The deadline for applying is October 1, 2014.  More general Information on the certification cost share program is available on the USDA's Organic Certification Cost Share Programs webpage.