NRCS Reminds Producers of Organic Initiative Deadline

Randall Weiseman March 2, 2011 Alabama, Florida, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service wants to remind producers about the 2011 Organic Initiative deadline which is coming up Friday, March 4. In the following two reports Florida District Conservationist Donna Hopwood and Alabama Resource Conservationist John Curtis explain that the initiative provides assistance to USDA National Organic Program certified organic producers as well as producers interested in transitioning to organic.

AL-John Curtis:

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FL-Donna Hopwood:

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