Organic Grain Production
- Organic and Untreated Seed Sources
- Amendment Suppliers
- Organic Grain Storage Facilities
- Truckers/Haulers
- Organic Grain Buyers
- Extension Specialists and Crop Consultants
- Websites
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
www.american-organic.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
www.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
www.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, IL
Phone: 317-984-6685 Fax: 317-984-2364
www.greatharvestorganics.com
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
www.welterseed.com
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.
Contact: Gregory D. Jackson
910-237-7920
Fax 910-567-4161
Email gjackson@brandtconsolidated.com
Organic herbicides, insecticides, fungicides
Brooks Contractors
919-837-5914; Chatham County, NC
Email: brooksco@centernet.net
compost
McBane Farm and Fertilizer
336-376-3657; Snow Camp, NC
fertilizers, cover crop seed
McGill Compost/Leprechaun Organics
910-532-2539; Harrells, NC
Email: lbflynn@mcgillcompost.com
bulk supplier of certified organic compost
Nutri-Max, Inc.
336-282-3880; Laurinburg, NC
bulk feathermeal and bonemeal
Southern States—many locations throughout the state
Vermicycle Organics (based in Wilson, NC)
Eastern NC: 252-237-6647 or 252-235-5709
Central NC: 919-247-8699
Western NC: 336-244-4319
www.vermicycleorganics.com
vermicompost, worm castings; bulk and bagged product available
Wallace Farm Soil Products
704-875-2975; Huntersville, NC
www.wallacefarmproducts.com
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
Chic Parker (Herring Milling Co.)
Goldsboro, NC
919-689-3350; 919-738-9193 (cell); 919-689-2416 (mill)
organic grain storage available
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
Braswell Milling
Nashville, NC
Contact: Russ Powell or Jackie Bunch, 252-459-2143
Buys organic #2 corn and soybeans. Paid on delivered basis.
Carolina Soy Products
Warsaw, NC
Contact: Jerry Tysinger, 910-293-7917
Buys organic soybeans.
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.
ESCP, LLC
Swan Quarter, NC
Contact: Tony Carawan, 252-926-7151, 22-945 3308 (cell)
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
