WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE INSPECTED.

VIDEO HERE.

Certainly, one of the things we were most intimidated by when considering certifying our farm as USDA Organic was the on-farm inspection. I don’t know why exactly, but I imagine it was mostly because I had no idea what it would be like, or how rigorous, or what stupid thing I might have done to fail our certification (I once heard of someone losing certification, for instance, because they sprayed non-organic distilled white vinegar on some weeds in one plot and that plot couldn’t be certified again for three years! Yeah, for vinegar...) So anyway, having had a couple inspections of our own now, I thought it would at least be worth sharing our experiences with the inspection so you can know what to expect when the inspectors come come calling. -Jesse