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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.
Links
A list of associated links in no particular order.
The Soil Association
The Soil Association is the UK's leading campaigning and certification organisation for organic food and farming.
International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements
IFOAM is the worldwide umbrella organization for the organic movement, uniting more than 750 member organizations in 108 countries.
Henry Doubleday Research Association
The Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA) began in 1954 as a result of the inspiration and initiative of one man, Lawrence Hills.
Greenmount College
Useful organic info for Irish conditions
Seed Savers
Seeds are critical to our success as growers and farmers. Seeds are compact packages of genetic information and stored food reserves, just waiting for the conditions found in warm, moist soil in order to germinate
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
Organic section of the Department of Agriculture and Food.
Teagasc
Teagasc – the Agriculture and Food Development Authority – is the national body providing integrated research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities.
Bord Bia
The role of Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) is to act as a link between Irish Food and Drink suppliers and existing and potential customers.
DARDNI
The Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme.
The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau – FiBL) is the world’s leading information and documentation centre for organic agriculture.
Department of Environment,Food & Rural Affairs
The U.K.s Organic section of the Department of Environment,Food & Rural Affairs.
olivermoore.blogspot.com
Ollie Moore, Journalist with Irish Examiner.
www.nots.ie
The National Organic Training Skillnet training programme is available to farmers, growers, processors, food businesses, and consultants working in the organic food sector. New entrants and commercial producers interested in developing their enterprise into an organic business are also eligible.
www.greenme.ie
Greenme.ie is the first of it’s kind to promote a comprehensive directory of Irish products direct from the producer/supplier to the consumer.
www.greenpages.ie
Providing news, articles, podcasts, videos and reviews of products and services for all Green issues.
Elm Farm Research Centre
The business of The Organic Research Centre, Elm Farm is to develop and support sustainable land-use, agriculture and food systems, primarily within local economies, which build on organic principles to ensure the health and well-being of soil, plant, animal, man and his environment.
SAFO - Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming
The objective of the SAFO Network is to improve food safety and animal health in organic livestock production systems through active communication of research results and conclusions.
Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Farming
The aim of the compendium is to serve as a resource material and training tool for farmers, advisors, inspectors, veterinarians, organic sector bodies and policy makers on issues related to general and specific animal health and welfare aspects of organic livestock production.
Organic Centre Wales
Organic Centre Wales (OCW) was established in 2000 as a focal point for the dissemination of information on organic food and farming to producers and other interested parties in Wales.
Trueleaf Europe
Providers of Technology and Services to the Greenhouse Horticultural Industry in Ireland and Europe. Free online quotes.
Organic Research Database
Derived from CAB Abstracts, the original applied life sciences database, the Organic Research Database contains over 160,000 research summaries with over 9000 records added annually.
WWOOF Ireland
WWOOF Ireland represents all of Ireland. For the last ten years, the Republic of Ireland has been represented by WWOOF Independents and Northern Ireland by WWOOF UK. From 2009, WWOOF Ireland represents hosts and volunteers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland making it the first trans-national WWOOF organisation in the world.
Featured Member
Solaris Herbs - Bord Bia Organic Food Awards Category Winner in 2007 - have an amazing range of organically certified herb teas, dried fruit and medicinal herb products.
