Organic Certification Services
MOA is already the largest organic farm in Europe and plans to double its arable land over the next 4 years. Certification Categories

Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture Institute will award either USDA organic or international organic certification in the following categories:

Crop production
Wild crop harvest
Processing/Handling
Livestock (including dairy)
Apiary
Grower Groups

Certification granted in the MVOAI certification categories complies with all USDA National Organic Program requirements and ISO 65 requirements.

Certification Requirements Made Simple

For Producers and Farmers:

  • Implementation of an Organic System Plan, with proactive fertility systems;
  • 3 years with no application of prohibited materials prior to certification (no synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or GMOs);
  • Conservation measures; environmentally sound manure, weed, disease, and pest management practices; and soil building crop rotation systems;
  • Use of natural inputs and/or approved synthetic substances listed as allowed on the US National List;
  • No use of prohibited substances while certified;
  • No use of genetically engineered organisms, (GMOs) defined in the rule as ”excluded methods”;
  • No sewage sludge or irradiation;
  • Use of organic seeds, when commercially available;
  • Use of organic seedlings for annual crops;
  • Certain Restrictions or use recommendations on use of raw manure and compost;
  • Maintenance of buffer zones, depending on risk of contamination; and
  • No residues of prohibited substances exceeding 5% of the EPA tolerance.

For Processing/Handling Operations

  • Implementation of an Organic Handling Plan;
  • No commingling or contamination of organic products during processing;
  • No use of GMOs or irradiation;
  • Proactive sanitation and facility pest management practices;
  • Required use of organic minor ingredients in “organic” products, when commercially available; and
  • Use of approved label claims for “100% organic”, “organic” (at least 95% organic ingredients), “Made with organic ingredients” (at least 70% organic ingredients) and proper use of the word “organic” in ingredient list (less than 70% organic ingredients).
  • Required use of specific records to verify compliance with the regulation.
  • Required certification for producers and handlers who sell over $5000/year in organic products. (Producers and handlers who sell under $5,000/year still have to follow the NOS - they just don’t have to be certified.)

For Livestock Operations

  • Implementation of an Organic Livestock Plan;
  • Mandatory outdoor access for all livestock;
  • Access to pasture for ruminants;
  • No antibiotics, growth hormones, or GMOs;
  • 100% organic feed and approved feed supplements; and
  • Organic management from last third of gestation or 2nd day after hatching. Twelve months organic management for dairy.