Organic CertificationCertificate of Completion
Foundations of Organic Specialty Crop Production
with Dr. Adaeze Okonkwo · Foundation · Online
6 weeks · Online
Organic Certification Readiness
Prepare your farm and records for third-party organic inspection.
Organic CertificationProfessionalGlobal/Online
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Weekly hours
- 4 hours / week
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Certification
- Organic Farming Practitioner Credential
Overview
Walk through the standards, build your organic system plan and rehearse an inspection so that certification day holds no surprises.
What you will learn
- Interpret the main organic standards
- Write an organic system plan
- Manage buffer zones and inputs
- Keep audit-ready records
- Organise group certification
- Prepare for an inspection
Modules
- Major standards50 min
- Equivalence and export20 min
- Plan structure40 min
- ⚑Draft your plan120 min
- Permitted inputs30 min
- Buffer zones40 min
- Audit trails20 min
- ⚑Audit your records90 min
- Internal control systems50 min
- Case study20 min
- What inspectors check40 min
- ⚑Mock inspection150 min
Field assignment
Instructor
Sample instructor
Simone Thibodeaux-Grant
Agribusiness and Export Advisor · Global/Online
Simone, a Louisiana-born daughter of Haitian farmers, has spent two decades connecting Caribbean and African producers to specialty markets.
Value chainsExport complianceCooperative finance
Certification
Organic Farming Practitioner Credential
Shows you can run and document an organic system to inspection standard.
Requirements to earn it
- Complete all lessons and field assignments
- Keep a field journal for the full course
- Pass a mock organic inspection
Prerequisites
- Foundations of Organic Specialty Crop Production
- Two seasons of farm records preferred
Who this is for
- Farm managers
- Cooperative staff
- Export-oriented growers
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Next start: 23 February 2027
Tuition information coming soon