National Organic Certification Cost Share (NOCCS) is a top item for Farm Bill Conference. The House Bill repeals Certification Cost Share and the Senate Bill fully funds the program.
If you live or work in any of the States/Districts listed below, please call your conference member (see below)
and ask them to:
“Support the National Organic Certification Cost Share program”
Find the Fact Sheet HERE for more information about the NOCCS .
The organic community is united in support of the organic certification cost share Program. During the past year, certification cost share has been unavailable to organic handlers in all states and organic farmers in 34 states, because the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP) has been suspended.
The time is now for the House and Senate to restore this funding
in the 2014 Farm Bill.
Organic Certification Cost Share Helps:
- Keep Organic Production in the United States — Meeting Strong US Consumer Demand for Organic with U.S. Organic Product
- Enable Farmers and Handlers to Access the Growing Organic Market and Meet Consumer Demand
- Ensure Integrity and Consistency of the Organic Label
- Encourage Value-Added Processing Infrastructure for Organic Farmers; and
- Keep a Diversity of Farms Certifying as Organic
Call your Representative/Senator on the
Farm Bill Conference Committee in the following states
STATE | REPRESENTATIVE/SENATOR | DISTRICT | PHONE # |
Alabama | Rep. Mike Rogers | R-3rd | 202-225-4872 |
Alabama | Rep. Martha Roby | R-2nd | 202-225-2901 |
Arkansas | Rep. Rick Crawford | R-1st | 202-225-4076 |
Arkansas | Sen. John Boozman | R-statewide | 202-224-4843 |
California | Rep. Jeff Denham | R-10th | 202-225-4540 |
California | Rep. Jim Costa | D-16th | 202-225-3341 |
California | Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod | D-35th | 202-225-6161 |
Colorado | Sen. Michael Bennet | D-statewide | 202-224-5852 |
Florida | Rep. Steve Southerland | R-2nd | 202-225-5235 |
Georgia | Sen. Saxby Chambliss | R-statewide | 202-224-3521 |
Georgia | Rep. Austin Scott | R-8th | 202-225-6531 |
Illinois | Rep. Rodney Davis | R-13th | 202-225-2371 |
Iowa | Rep. Steve King | R-4th | 202-225-4426 |
Iowa | Sen. Tom Harkin | D-statewide | 202-224-3254 |
Kansas | Sen. Pat Roberts | R-statewide | 202-224-4774 |
Mass. | Rep. Jim McGovern | D-2nd | 202-225-6101 |
Michigan | Chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow | D-statewide | 202-224-4822 |
Minnesota | Ranking Member Collin Peterson | D-7th | 202-225-2165 |
Minnesota | Sen. Amy Klobuchar | D-statewide | 202-224-3244 |
Minnesota | Rep. Tim Walz | D-1st | 202-225-2472 |
Mississippi | Sen. Thad Cochran | R-statewide | 22-224-5054 |
Montana | Sen. Max Baucus | D-statewide | 202-224-2651 |
N. Carolina | Rep. Mike McIntyre | D-7th | 202-225-2731 |
N. Dakota | Sen. John Hoeven | R-statewide | 202-224-2551 |
Ohio | Sen. Sherrod Brown | D-statewide | 202-224-2315 |
Ohio | Rep. Marcia Fudge | D-11th | 202-225-7032 |
Oklahoma | Chairman Frank D. Lucas | R-3rd | 202-225-5565 |
Oregon | Rep. Kurt Schrader | D-5th | 202-225-5711 |
Penn. | Rep. Glenn Thompson | R-5th | 202-225-5121 |
S. Dakota | Rep. Kristi Noem | R-statewide | 202-225-2801 |
Texas | Rep. K. Michael Conaway | R-11th | 202-225-3605 |
Texas | Rep. Randy Neugebauer | R-19th | 202-225-4005 |
Texas | Rep. Filemon Vela | D-34th | 202-225-9901 |
Vermont | Sen. Patrick Leahy | D-statewide | 202-224-4242 |
Washington | Rep. Suzan DelBene | D-1st |
202-225-6311 |
The Senate Farm Bill (S. 954) includes a provision to merge the two programs together under the AMA program umbrella, using the permanent funding baseline of that program in a manner that provides $11.5 million annually for organic certification cost share. The House Farm Bill (H.R. 2642) repeals the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program, and continues to provide 10 percent of AMA program funding ($1 million annually) for organic farmers (not handlers), but only for farmers in 16 designated AMA states.
The organic community is united in support of the Senate Farm Bill’s effort to streamline organic certification cost share, by consolidating programs.
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For more information, contact:
Steve Etka, National Organic Coalition, 703-519-7772; [email protected]