How do I verify commercial unavailability of organic seeds to justify my use of non-organic seeds?
Organic seeds are required for organic production unless commercially unavailable. OTCO considers at least three attempts to source organic seed(s) from likely sources to be the minimum in demonstrating unavailability. Attempts to source organic seed should be documented in farm files to justify the use of non-organic, untreated and non-GMO seeds. There are blank commercial availability forms available under help documents.
