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| Certifier Profile |
| Guaranteed Organic Certification Agency |
Fallbrook, CA, U.S. |
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| Guaranteed Organic Certification Agency |
5464 8th Street
Fallbrook, CA 92082 |
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| Phone: 760-731-0496 |
Email: heermans@tfb.com |
| Fax: 760-731-0498 |
Website: http://www.goca.ws/ |
| Contact Person: Charlie Heermans |
Year Founded: 2000
Business Type: For profit
Geographic Range:
| Activity in: U.S. |
| All 50 States |
| Activity in: Global Regions |
| Americas |
North America, South America, Latin America |
| Africa |
North Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa |
| Europe |
Western Europe, Eastern Europe |
| Asia & Oceania |
Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, North Asia, Southeast Asia, South Pacific |
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| Top 3 crops: |
1. tree fruits and vines, nut crops |
2. mixed vegetables, including herbs |
3. grain crops and forages |
| Top 3 livestock types: |
1. beef |
2. beef |
3. beef |
Inspections and certifications
Inspections and certifications by type of clients (total number):
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Production Only |
Production & Processing |
| Crop farms |
295 |
5 |
| Livestock farms |
Not listed |
Not listed |
| Crops and livestock |
5 |
Not listed |
Inspections and certifications by type of clients (total number):
| Processing |
Handling |
Other |
| 40 |
10 |
5 (Livestock/beef) |
Farm inspections and certifications by size (percentage of certifier's farm total):
| <5 a |
5-49 a |
50-179 a |
180-499 a |
500-1000 a |
>1000 a |
| 40% |
25% |
25% |
5% |
3% |
2% |
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Process highlights for new applications
- Not Listed
Cost structure
Fees set by: Acreage Application fee:
$0
Annual Fee:
Minimum:
$200
Maximum:
$3,000
Overall charges statement:
Fee structure will be emailed upon request.
Fees published: Yes Format:
Posted on website, Printed outlines
Customer can estimate fees from publication: Yes
Refund Policy:
Not Listed
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Types of Certification
State organic registration: No
Other: Not Listed
Other accreditation groups recognized:
None Listed
Professional organizations
NA
Newsletter/Periodical: Not Listed
Publications
- None Listed
Conferences/Events
- None Listed
Other Services
- None Listed
Other Resource Referrals
- None Listed
Other - Not Listed
Cooperating partners?
More information to come.
Full-time receptionist? Yes
Response Time Commitment:
We try to respond as soon as we can, in no longer than 48 hours.
Member records available by email? Yes
Member able to complete/access records online? Yes
Transparency steps for farmers/public?
We use educational promotional material and have an informative website. We also have meetings where farmers are. So, we use promotions, have speaking engagements, and have an informative website.
Farmer Friendly Services
- We're providing user-friendly application forms, included on website (electronic or manual).
- We have a user-friendly manual and electronic Organic Systems Plan Package.
- We have user-friendly samples of forms. Applicants can use these as a model if they wish, so they know what kind of information is being requested.
Top Five Strengths
- We are a refreshing new face in organic certification.
- The staff and owners are veterans of the organic industry.
- We have great customer respect and service.
- We have competitive and fair pricing.
- We provide international service in all scopes.
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| Executive/management/support staff
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| Full-time | 4 |
| Part-time | 4 |
| Independent Contractors | 0 |
| Other Staff | 0 |
| Total Paid Staff | 8 positions (not people) |
Inspectors used in 2002: 10
Inspector employment status:
Independent
Qualifications/training for inspectors:
We have a whole policy on this. To sum it up, qualifications include people skills and industry experience. Training is internal. We require a resume and conflicts of interest statement from each one of our inspectors.
Most recent update by certifier: 01/31/04
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