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Preserving Farmland |
Saving Local Farms and Food |
USDA Healthy Grown
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CNG is an alternative to Organic which is less costly than USDA certification. CNG label, like organic, signifies sustainable farming practices that work with natural systems to ensure healthy soil |
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CNG is dedicated to small-scale local farmers, and caters to farms that sell their produce directly to the consumer. |
USDA Certified Organic
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Grown and produced without petroleum-based fertilizers, sewage, sludge-based fertilizers, most pesticides, genetic modification, antibiotics, or growth hormones. |
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Focuses on socially and environmentally responsible practices, especially those that conserve soil and nearby ecosystems. Also aware of fair treatment and working conditions. |
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This certification encourages farmers to consider thier impacts on improving the local food economy. |
Fish Friendly Farming
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Focus on soil and water conservation, restoration of riparian corridors along major creeks and small hillside creeks, management of roads to reduce sediment and limitation of chemical use. |
Each farmer completes a farm conservation plan and creates a strategy for implementing Beneficial Management Practices to improve land management practices and implement projects for the farm. |
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Grass-fed meat produces less waste than conventional, requires less fossil fuel, maintains healthy soil and is better for the animal and the consumer. |
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Covers sustainability, labor standards and animal welfare in one certification. Focus on health of local ecosystem as well as consumers by limiting use of pesticides and synthetic fertilizer. |
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Eco-Fruit
University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Apple Grower’s Association |
Focus on reduction of high-risk pesticide use and increased reliance on IPMs.
Instrumental in implementation of EQIP, which centers on conservation.
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Sustainable Winegrowing
Wine Institute |
Focus on soil pest, ecosystem and resource management, air and energy conservation and air quality control. Farmers assess their own sustainability. |
Participants get points for enacting farmland preservation measures on their vineyards. |
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| Other Resources |
IPM Product and Service Recognition Programs and Information |
Consumer Reports Greener Choices |
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