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Additional Links
Government Resources
University Resources
*Please note that the pest complex and environmental conditions are somewhat different in New England but these programs offer information and insights on the challenges of arthropod and disease management.
Various Organizations that are Resources of Information
- Considerations
in Organic Apple Production from the Appropriate Technology
Transfer for Rural America (ATTRA)website.
- Organic
and Low Spray Apple Production from the Appropriate
Technology Transfer for Rural America (ATTRA) website.
- Organic
apple production - A Beginner's Guide from the Appropriate
Technology Transfer for Rural America (ATTRA) website.
- Insect
IPM in Apples - Kaolin Clay from the Appropriate Technology
Transfer for Rural America (ATTRA) website.
- Federally
accredited certifying agencies for the New England states
include:
- MOFGA
Certification Services, LLC (Maine)
294
Crosby Brook Rd.
P.O.
Box 170
Unity,
ME 04988-0170
Contact:
Mary Yurlina
207-568-4142
E-mail:
certification@mofga.org
Scope:
crop, livestock, wild crop, handling
- Baystate
Organic Certifiers (Connecticut
and Massachussetts)
683
River St.
Winchendon, MA 01475
Contact:
Don Franczyk
978-297-4171
E-mail:
baystateorganic@earthlink.net
Scope:
crop, livestock, wild crop, handling
- New
Hampshire Dept. of Agriculture,
Markets,
& Food
25
Capitol St.
P.O.
Box 2042
Concord,
NH 03302-2042
Contact:
Victoria M. Smith
603-271-3685
E-mail:
vsmith@agr.state.nh.us
Scope:
crop, livestock, wild crop, handling
- Rhode
Island Department of Environmental Management
Division
of Agricultural and Resource Marketing
235
Promenade St.
Providence,
RI 02908
Contact:
Matt Green
401-222-2781
E-mail:
matt.green@dem.ri.gov
Scope:
crop and handling
- Vermont
Organic Farmers, LLC
NOFA
Vermont
P.O.
Box 697
Richmond,
VT 05477
Contact:
Nicole Dehne
802-434-4122
E-mail:
info@nofavt.org
Website:
www.nofavt.org
Scope:
crop, livestock, wild crop, handling
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