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TOPP Office Hours: Record Keeping for Organic Certification + Other Organic Resources

By Hannah Jordan, (she/her) posted 04/02/26 12:59 PM

  

Hi SAFF friends 😊 Sharing some Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) resources and the recent recording from Tilth Alliance's TOPP Office Hours: Record Keeping for Organic Certification. Here's a link to the meeting recording!

About the office hours recording:

  • Learn From:  
    • Organic certifiers of our region Claire Davis, NW TOPP Certification Specialist with Oregon Tilth and Brenda Book WSDA Organic Program Manager. 
    • Washington farmers, Amy Moreno-Sils, Four Elements Farm and Claudia Frey, Frey Family Farm on how they set up record keeping systems on their farms.
  • Key Topics:
    • Record keeping requirements and paperwork needed for initial organic certification. 
    • Record keeping requirements for annual inspections. 
    • Formatting and how to establish a system that works best for your farm. 

Some other interesting organic resources 🌱

  1. TOPP Organic Record Keeping Video Series
  2. TOPP Organic Livestock Case Studies 
  3. WSDA Approved and Prohibited Organic Input Material List
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