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Please find below Organic Trust application forms
Application pack for Processers
Application pack for Retailers
Application pack for Primary Producers
Grant schemes available
Organic Farming Scheme - Application Form
Organic Farming Scheme - Terms and Conditions
Organic Farming Scheme - Business Plan Template
Standards Manual and up to date Standards Amendments can be downloaded below.
Please find below the seeds / feeds forms
You can get information about seeds suppliers and availability here.
Applications
If you are interested in converting your holding to organic production or in processing, retailing or distributing a product to be labelled as ‘organic’, then follow these easy steps and your application will be underway.
Before doing this potential producers may wish to contact organic producers in their own area to talk through your plans with them and possibly get some on the ground advice (please don't arrive at any holding unannounced - thank you!). To visit an organic farm, 22 official Organic Demonstration Farms have been approved by the Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Food and the farm walks/open days are organised by Teagasc - the dates of the official Open Days for 2010 are indicated on the above listing - the walks commence in June and run right through to September 2010. The organic enterprises on each farm are also indicated, e.g. organic beef, dairy and lamb production; field-scale organic vegetables; organic pig, poultry and egg production; organic grain production; small-scale organic horticultural production and so forth. We have provided detailed directions to each of the demonstration farms and also indicate the name of the Organic Trust official representative at each of these events - all of the Organic Trust representatives are Approved Inspectors who can provide you with detailed technical information on any aspect of organic production plus our free information pack. There is also a wealth of knowledge and information available from current practitioners at these events and we strongly recommend that as many of these Open Days/Farm Walks are attended as possible - they are open to both potential and current organic producers.
Potential processors (including importers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers) may wish to avail of the Organic Trust's competitively priced Adequacy Audit (contact Helen Scully in the office for details – 01 8530271).
Financial Assistance available to potential organic operators
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food offers a range of financial incentives to assist those interested in getting involved in organic production. Details of the Organic Farming Scheme payments which apply to farmers and growers are available by clicking on any of the links below titled Organic Farming Scheme.
In addition capital grants are available for the purchase of specific equipment – such grants apply to both producers and processors – the range of grants available are indicated under the On-Farm Grant and Off-Farm Grant headings below – simply click on the appropriate heading for full information.
- Complete the relevant application form. Producers need to ascertain if they need an Advisor to help with the Conversion Plan; if so, a list of Recommended Advisors is available from the Organic Trust office (01 8530271) or download list here (1.37mb). If you feel confident enough to produce your own Conversion Plan, guidelines for the completion of such a plan are also available from the office (01 8530271) – these guidelines encompass all of the legislative requirements regarding such plans.
- Processors should ascertain if they feel they need the services of our Food Science Technologists in relation to their application – if so, contact the office and we will put you in contact with each other (01 8530271)
- Return the completed application form together with cheque for application fee (details of the relevant fees are available from 01 8530271) and all of the enclosures listed on page 2 of the application form to the Organic Trust at the above address.
- The Organic Trust will then arrange a timely inspection of your holding or premises. The Organic Trust ensure that the whole process is timely and efficient.
- Thereafter you will be inspected on an annual basis - unannounced spot checks also take place.
Steps to Take:
Organic Trust application forms
Application pack for Processers
Application pack for Retailers
Application pack for Primary Producers
Grant schemes available
Organic Farming Scheme - Application Form
Organic Farming Scheme - Terms and Conditions
Organic Farming Scheme - Business Plan Template
Organic Farming Scheme - Annual Declaration
Organic Trust standards manual.
Standards Amendments 32 Onwards
Organic Trust Feed, Seed Rules and Forms
Featured Member
Joseph Cooke is an organic farmer. His holding can be found in Co.Kildare.
