NC Organic Grain Production Resources |
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Organic and Untreated Seed Sources Saving Our Seed, a non-profit organization, has a large database of all organic seed suppliers in the United States. They will do a free search through their database for any crop type and variety you are looking for and need organic seed. If they do not find any organic source for the crop and variety you want, their search results are valid for certification purposes as justification for using conventional, untreated seed. Website: www.savingourseed.org Other websites listing organic seed suppliers: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) list of organic seed suppliers: www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/altseed.html Organic Materials Resource Index (OMRI) organic seed supplier list: www.seeds.omri.org Seed companies selling organic and/or untreated grain seed (most of these are listed with Saving Our Seed, also): North Carolina: Sweetwater Creek Seeds, Inc., Williamston, NC Clif Hardison Phone: 252-792-1800(O); 252-714-1234(M) 1056 Scenic Drive Williamston , NC 27892 Email: chardison@cox.net Untreated, nonGMO, conventionally-grown corn hybrids and possibly soybeans
National: Albert Lea Seed House, Albert Lea, MN Phone: 800-352-5247 Email: mac@alseed.com www.alseed.com Organic grains, soybeans, corn, alfalfas, clovers, and cover crops.
American Organic Seed Co. Contact: Art Scheele, owner 304 Anson St., PO Box 385 Warren, IL 61087 Phone: 815.266.4010 Fax: 815.745.2773 Email: art@gristmillinc.com Organic corn, grass and grain seed.
Blaine's Best Seeds, Rugby, ND Phone: 701-776-6023 Email: bbestseeds@stellarnet.com Organic wheat, rye, triticale, spelt, barley, oats, flax, buckwheat, millet, lentils, field peas, alfalfa, dry beans.
Blue River Organic Seed, Lincoln, NE Phone: 800-379-7999 Email: maury@blueriverorgseed.com Organic corn, soybean, grain sorghum, alfalfa, red clover, and Sudangrass hybrids.
Clay Organic Seed Farms, Dakota, IL Tim Clay Phone: 815-449-2285 Organic seed beans, seed oats and seed corn.
Doebler's, Inc., Callaway, VA Charlie Milliron, District Sales Manager Phone: 540-334-1065 or 540-484-2458 Email: cmilliron@doeblers.com Organic hybrid corn seed and forage grasses and legumes seed.
Foundation Direct Seeds/Mid State Supply, Inc., Onalaska, WI Phone: 800-495-6647 Fax: 608-781-4076 Organic hybrid seed corn and small grains.
Goerger Farms, Inc., Wyndmere, ND Phone: 701-439-2875 Organic wheat.
Golden Grains, Sparta, WI Phone: 608-269-5150 Fax: 608-269-2150 Edwin & Nancy Knoll Organic seeds including corn, soybeans, grasses, alfalfa& specialty crops. Also certified organic cleaned bin run small grain seeds.
Great Harvest Organics, Atlanta, IN Phone: 317-984-6685 Fax: 317-984-2364 Organic corn, soybeans, alfalfa, soft red wheat.
Gries Seed Farm, Inc., Fremont, OH Phone: 800-472-4797 Organic soybeans, wheat, spelt, clover and alfalfa
Lakeland Organics/Bruenner Seeds, Colfax, WI Jesse Niggeman & Ray Boughton Phone: 715-962-4319 Organic corn, alfalfa and red clover seed.
Lancaster Ag Products, Bird-in-Hand , PA Phone: 717-293-9701 Organic corn and soybean seed.
Lawler Farm Center, Lawler, IA Contact: David Burns Phone: 888-388-3276 Organic seed & silage corn, soybeans, alfalfa, medium red clover, oats, barley, wheat, timothy.
Merit Seeds, Berlin, OH Phone: 800-553-4713 Organic corn seed.
Prairie Gold Seeds, Mankato, MN Phone: 800-658-7269/507-387-4094 Organic soybeans, alfalfa and corn
Prairie Hybrids Seeds, Deer Gove, IL Phone: 800-368-0124 Organic corn seed.
Saddle Pro Seeds Phone: 717-369-4101 Contact: Lonnie Zeigler Email: seedboy@saddleproseed.com Website: www.saddleproseed.com Organic small grains, cover crop seeds.
Superior Organic Grains, Ltd., Seymour, WI Phone: 920-833-6953 Email: gmaass@aol.com Organic soybean seeds.
Welter Seed and Honey Co., Onslow, IA Phone: 800-728-8450/800-470-3325 Organic corn, soybeans, alfalfa, clover, timothy, oats, barley, triticale, buckwheat, field peas, rye, wheat, ryegrass, vetch.
The following companies sell soil fertility and pest control amendments allowed in certified organic agriculture operations. Be sure to check product labels and confirm organic status with your certifier before using a product. North Carolina: AMOS Farm and Garden Supply 888-240-2667 email: amos-acres@bellsouth.net certified organic fertilizers, soil amendments, organic pesticides
Batman Wildlife Damage Control 800-437-1375; Laurinburg, NC bat guano
Blount Fertilizer and Feed 800-682-8505; Bethel, NC Email: bill@easterngrain.com certified organic fertilizer and amendments
Brandt Consolidated, Inc. 910-237-7920 Fax 910-567-4161 Email gjackson@brandtconsolidated.com Organic herbicides, insecticides, fungicides
Brooks Contractors 919-837-5914; Goldston, NC Email: info@brookscontractor.com compost
McBane Farm and Fertilizer 336-376-3657; Snow Camp, NC fertilizers, cover crop seed
Nutri-Max, Inc. 336-282-3880; Laurinburg, NC bulk feathermeal and bonemeal
Southern States—many locations throughout the state
Vermicycle Organics (336) 998-3170 157 Yadkin Valley Rd Advance, NC 27006
Wallace Farm Soil Products 704-875-2975; Huntersville, NC compost
Wyatt-Quarles Seed Co. 800-662-7591; Garner, NC organic fertilizers Lists of organic seed supply companies located nation-wide can be found on the following websites: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA): www.attra.org/attra-pub/orgfert.html Clemson University: www.clemson.edu/scg/sust/organic_suppliers.html Growing Small Farms Website ( Chatham County, NC Extension): http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/fertlist.html
Organic Grain Storage and Handling Facilities Kenny Haines Looking Back Farm, Tyner, NC 252-426-2218 will also broker organic grain sales
White Hat Seed, Bert Eure Lewiston Woodville, NC 252-264-2427 certified to clean and dry organic grain
Smith Grain Company, Billy Smith Dudley, NC 919-734-6618 certified to clean, dry, and store organic grain
These haulers have experience hauling organic grain from the farm to buyers. It is important that the trucks be cleaned prior to hauling organic grains. A clean truck affidavit will likely be required by the grain buyer. Kenny and Ben Haines Looking Back Farm, Tyner, NC 252-426-2218
Daren Hubers Macha-Pungo Farms, Pantego, NC 252-935-5360
North Carolina Bay State Milling Mooresville, NC Contact: Michael Pate 507-452-1770 ext. 37 Buys organic wheat for milling purposes
Braswell Milling Nashville, NC Contact: Russ Powell or Jackie Bunch, 252-459-2143 Buys organic #2 corn, soybeans, and small grains. Paid on delivered basis.
Eastern Grain, LLC Bethel, NC Contact: Bill Blount, 252-825-0616, fax: 252-825-9274 Buys organic corn, wheat, and soybeans. Acts as a broker.
Perdue, soybean crusher Swan Quarter, NC Will start buying organic soybeans in fall/winter 2007
Lindley Mills Graham, NC Contact: Joe Lindley, 336-376-6190 Buys organic soft and hard red wheat for milling purposes; some rye and corn.
Organic Valley Contact: George Teague (organic dairy farmer), 336-684-4883 Website: organicvalley.coop Buys organic corn, small grains for organic dairy farms in North Carolina.
R. W. Garcia Lincolnton, NC Contact: Greg, 828-428-0115 (email: gregh@rwgarcia.com) Buys non-GMO and organic yellow, white, and blue corn for processing for tortilla chips. Regional: Anson Mills, Columbia, SC Contact: Glenn Roberts (Sales@AnsonMills.com), 803-467-4122 Website: www.ansonmills.com Buys heirloom, open-pollinated varieties of corn, wheat, and rice from stocked seed. Call for more details on their program for growing for seed or production.
Countryside Natural Products, Fisherville, VA Contact: Reid Putney (countrysidenatural@adelphia.net), 888-699-7088 Website: www.countrysidenatural.com Buys organic corn, oats, wheat (high protein), and field peas for livestock feed. National: Kreamer Feed and Nature’s Best, Kreamer, PA Contact: Lois Gehers (Lois.Gehers@kreamerfeed.com), 570-374-8148 Website: www.organicfeeds.com Buys organic corn, roasted soybeans, wheat, barley, and oats. Pays on delivered basis.
McGeary Grain, Inc., Lancaster, PA Contact: Dave Poorbaugh (sales@mcgearygrain.com), 800-624-3279 Website: www.mcgearyorganics.com Buys organic corn, soybeans, oats and barley primarily for livestock feed. Can arrange freight from NC.
Organic Unlimited, Inc., Atglen, PA Contact: Ken Rice, 610-593-2995 Website: www.organicunlimited.com Buys organic corn, soybeans, wheat, barley, oats, flax, and milo.
Lakeview Organic Grain, Penn Yan, NY Contact: Klass and Mary-Howell Martens, 315-531-1038 Buys organic corn, soybeans, soybean meal, field peas, barley, oats, wheat, sunflower meal, and triticale for livestock feed. Pays on clean, dry, delivered basis.
Birkett Mills , Penn Yan, NY Contact: 315-536-3311 Website: www.thebirkettmills.com Buys organic buckwheat on contract basis.
Sunrich, a SunOpta Company, Hope, MN Contact: Rhonda Roggenbuck (rhondar@sunrich.com) Telephone: 800-342-6976 or 810-672-9001(MI office) Website: www.sunrich.com Buys non-gmo/ip soybeans, waxy corn, non-gmo corn, organic soybeans, organic corn, organic barley, organic millet, organic sunflowers, organic feed grade products.
Clarkson Grain, Cerro Gordo, IL Contact: 800-252-1638 (Email: cgci@one-eleven.net) Website: www.clarksongrain.com Buys organic grains.
American Health and Nutrition, Ann Arbor, MI Contact: 734-677-5520 (Email: ahn@organictrading.com) Broker of organic grains.
Bushman Organic Marketing Corp., Decorah, Iowa Contact: Duane Bushman, 563-382-4480 Buys organic sunflower seed and soybeans (oilseed).
Scoular Company, Omaha, NE Telephone: 402-342-3500; Fax: 402-342-5568 Buys organic grain crops
NC Extension Specialist and Crop Consultants—with interest and experience with organic production NC Extension Specialists
Chris Reberg-Horton Organic Cropping Specialist Phone: 919-515-7957 Email: chris_reberg-horton@ncsu.edu
Ron Heiniger Field Crop Specialist – corn emphasis Phone: 252-793-4428 Email: ron_heiniger@ncsu.edu
Randy Weisz Small Grain Extension Specialist Phone: 919-515-5824 Email: randy_weisz@ncsu.edu
Alan Meijer Tillage Extension Specialist Phone: 252-793-4428 Email: alan_meijer@ncsu.edu
Carl Crozier Soil Extension Specialist Phone: 252-793-4428 Email: carl_crozier@ncsu.edu
Crop Consultants Sharon Funderburk Coney Creek Agronomics Phone: 919-853-2716 Email: coney@mindspring.com Address: 252 Collie Road, Castalia, NC 27816
Mary Wilks Phone: 252-883-6321 Email: marytwilks@yahoo.com Address: 5664 Fieldstream Dr, Rocky Mount, NC 27803
Organic Field Crop Production and Marketing in North Carolina
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Growing Small Farms – a Chatham County Cooperative Extension website http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
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