Organic Consulting - TeamAg Inc
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ORGANIC

CONSULTING

SERVICES

Free Individualized Technical Guidance for Producers and Processors Who Want to Become Organic

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Understand Organic Production Principles

Gain the knowledge to grow your crops in accordance with organic guidelines.

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Evaluate Market & Transition Financials

Explore whether demand exists for your organic products and analyze cost and return of an organic transition.

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Develop Organic Transition Plan

Develop a comprehensive plan for transitioning to organic production practice, and receive support to prepare and apply for your third-party independent organic certification.

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Support Through Transition Period

Recieve feedback for your ideas and questions as your operation evolves through the transition to organic.

Our Team:

Leslie

Leslie Zuck, Esq.

Organic Certification Specialist

Leslie guides farmers and processors on the certification process, and record-keeping standards. Leslie co-founded Pennsylvania Certified Organic (PCO) and served as its Executive Director for 21 years. She is the owner-operator of Common Ground Organic Farm for over 35 years. She has performed quality and certification audits for the USDA National Organic Program, and edited content for the Organic Integrity Learning Center. Her services include developing a transition plan, a record-keeping system, support with the certification application, and conducting a pre-inspection audit.

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Sue Ellen Johnson, PhD

Organic Farm Systems Specialist

Sue Ellen advises farmers on planning and implementing production-based agroecosystem solutions to transition to regenerative and organic systems. Sue Ellen has been a regenerative farm systems advisor with TeamAg since 2021. She is the author of Crop Rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual through the Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service (NRAES). Her services include crop-livestock integration, pasture enterprises, and animal well-being.

Megan

Megan Chawner

Organic Agronomist

Megan advises farmers on implementing and maintaining organic farming systems. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Lafayette College, and a Master of Science in Soil Science and Agroecology from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to coming to TeamAg, Megan worked directly with farmers to help them troubleshoot production problems and to deliver educational programming about sustainable agricultural practices like cover cropping, reduced tillage, and soil health. Her services include developing organic crop management plans, conducting sampling and scouting and making organic recommendations to enhance production.

Program FAQs:

Organic FAQs:

Organic Transition in the News:

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Want to learn more?

 

If you have questions, or are interested to consider a potential transition to organic, we’d love to talk!

 

Feel free to call the TeamAg office or fill out the contact form below:

 

TeamAg, Inc.

120 Lake Street

Ephrata, PA 17520

717-721-6795

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