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22 Years Growing Organic: Celebrating Earth Day & OneCert’s Journey!

Posted on April 22, 2025 (April 22, 2025) by Karlin Warner

This Earth Day, we’re honored to celebrate OneCert’s 22nd anniversary of USDA accreditation—a milestone rooted in passion, perseverance, and dedication to organic farming. On this auspicious day in 2003, our founder Sam Welsch guided OneCert through the new USDA-accreditation process. OneCert’s quality system was developed with the invaluable advice of Beth Hayden, who emphasized focusing […]

Endorse Now! Organic Agriculture is Soil-Based

Posted on June 2, 2023 (June 2, 2023) by Karlin Warner

OneCert is part of a coalition of highly respected organic certifiers who worked together to create a position statement concerning the fundamental principle that organic agriculture is–and should continue to be–soil-based agriculture. This position has since been endorsed by a number of organizations who still stand behind the idea that organic terrestrial crop production is […]