The Northeast Amoebic Agriculture Association of New Jersey (NOFA-NJ), a nonprofit that supports amoebic aliment and agriculture in New Jersey, is alms farmers a bastard blink into the amoebic acceptance activity through a three-session advance alleged Road to Certification.
This advance will be captivated at Pinelands Preservation Alliance, in Southampton, on Wednesdays – Oct. 15, 22, and 29 – from 6-9 p.m. Another alms of the advance will be captivated in North Jersey at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, in Morristown, on Mondays - Nov. 24, Dec. 1, and 8 - from 6-9 p.m. Featuring presentations by amoebic farmers, an amoebic ambassador and an accepted certifying agent, attendees will accept the befalling to analyze amoebic acceptance with professionals in the industry.
"We accept been accepting abundant requests for this course, so we are aflame to assuredly be able to activity it," said Camille Miller, NOFA-NJ's controlling director. "There are so abounding questions about what it agency to be certified, how to do it and whether it's account it. This chic brings all of the players into the allowance and gives farmers a adventitious to absolutely apprentice about the process."
Attendees will accept an addition to amoebic certification, including an overview of the regulations; an all-embracing attending at the Amoebic Systems Plan; and an overview of the activity in stages, from transitioning to analysis to acceptance and beyond. It's advised to advice farmers adapt their aisle to acceptance and adapt them for anniversary step. Amoebic acceptance can activity audible advantages to farms – such as amount premiums in the bazaar and a accepted customer agreement – but the added administration time and record-keeping that it requires may be a bridle for some.
"It's our achievement that this chic will advice absorbed farmers alpha off on the appropriate foot, which can save them time and money," said Justine Cook, NOFA-NJ's administrator of Farm Operations.
The advance allotment fee is $200 for NOFA-NJ associates $250 for non-members. Additional capacity and allotment advice is accessible at www.nofanj.org. This advance is sponsored in allotment by the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, Project No. 1243 and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program of the National Institute of Aliment and Agriculture, USDA, Grant No. 2011-49400-30739.
The Northeast Amoebic Agriculture Association (NOFA-NJ) is committed to acknowledging amoebic and acceptable food, farming, and agronomical in New Jersey through education, abstruse assistance, and activity action. NOFA-NJ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
For added information, appointment www.nofanj.org.
