Go to this link and it will explain how to obtain organic certification. If all you are selling is eggs from 14 hens my guess is obtaining organic certification is not worthwhile. It is time consuming, ongoing and can be costly.
In California in order to sell eggs you need an Egg-Handlers permit and must label your eggs. You cannot put organic on the label if you are not "certified organic" by an authorized certifying agent.
We do a thriving egg business and we are not certified organic. If anyone asks if our eggs are organic, we tell them the truth, although our eggs are produced sustainably using organic methods, we do not have organic certification.
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 6:06 AM, farmbeachgal <farmbeachgal@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm pretty new to chickens. Got my 14 this past March and they've just started laying (yay!) My question is, if I wanted to sell the surplus as "organic" what do I need to do to make that claim? I've heard the term "certified" organic, so I'm assuming someone needs to certify that I'm feeding the correct feed. Can anyone point me in the right direction to look into this?
Thanks,
Anne
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Janet - Healdsburg CA
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