The USDA aims to strengthen market support for U. S. agriculture Organic Certification Cost Share Program grants that reduce the cost of organic certification by reimbursing organic operators for 75% of their certification costs up to a maximum of $750 per certification.
Producers and handlers
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in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and 5 territories (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands) are eligible to participate in and receive a portion of the $1 1. 5M allocated to the National Organic Certification Cost Share Program in FY14 which is authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (The Farm Bill).