OCCSP provides cost share assistance to producers and handlers of agricultural products who are obtaining or renewing their certification under the National Organic Program (NOP). Certified operations may receive up to 75 percent of their certification costs paid during the program year, not to exceed $750 per certification scope.
For more information on organic certification and regulations, visit the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service’s organic website.
Producers and handlers may submit OCCSP applications to FSA county offices or they may apply through participating State agencies.
To apply through FSA, you can find an FSA county office near you with the Service Center Locator. The FSA OCCSP application form is available at USDA's eForms site, by selecting "Browse forms" and entering "OCCSP" in the "title or keywords" field on the search page.
The States listed below are also accepting OCCSP applications through their State departments of agriculture or other State agencies. Please note that State agencies may have a different application process than FSA; applicants should refer to their State agency's requirements and ensure they are using the correct application form before submitting their applications. Applicants cannot receive duplicate benefits from both FSA and a State agency.
State | Contact Information |
Alabama | Hassey Brooks & Johnny Blackmon Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries 1445 Federal Drive, Richard Beard Building Montgomery, AL 36107 P: (334) 240-3877 F: (334) 240-7190 Email: Hassey.Brooks@agi.alabama.gov; Johnny.Blackmon@agi.alabama.gov |
Alaska | Mia Kirk Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Agriculture 1800 Glenn Highway, Suite 12 Palmer, AK 99645 P: (907) 761-3853 F: (907) 745-7242 Email: Mia.Kirk@alaska.gov |
Arizona | Ed Foster Arizona Department of Agriculture 1688 W. Adams Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 P: (602) 542-0947 Email: efoster@azda.gov |
Arkansas | Christian Olson Arkansas Agriculture Department 1 Natural Resources Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 P: (501) 219-6324 F: (501) 219-1697 Email: Christian.olson@aad.ar.gov |
California | Sharon Parsons California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 P: (916) 900-5202 F: (916) 900-5347 Email: Sharon.parsons@cdfa.ca.gov |
Connecticut | Jaime Smith Connecticut Department of Agriculture 165 Capitol Street, Room G8-A Hartford, CT 06106 P: (860)713-2559 F: (860)713-2516 Email: Jaime.Smith@ct.gov |
Florida | Joshua Johnson Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 407 South Calhoun Street Mayo Building, Room 412 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0800 P: (850) 617-7340 F: (850) 617-7331 Email: joshua.johnson@freshfromflorida.com |
Hawaii | Hideki Yamane, Marci Clingan, & Sharon Hurd Hawaii Department of Agriculture 1428 South King Street Honolulu, HI 96814-2512 P: (808) 973-9593\...9576\...9465 F: (808) 973-9590 Email: hideki.yamane@hawaii.gov; marci.clingan@hawaii.gov; sharon.k.hurd@hawaii.gov |
Kansas | Kellen L. Liebsch Kansas Department of Agriculture 1320 Research Park Drive Topeka, KS 66502 P: (785) 564-6726 C: (785) 564-6777 Email: Kellen.liebsch@ks.gov |
Kentucky | Karen Morgan & Megan Clark Kentucky Department of Agriculture 111 Corporate Drive Frankfort, KY 40601 P: (502) 782-4121\(502) 782-4112 F: (502) 573-2543 Email: Karen.Morgan@ky.gov; Megan.Clark@ky.gov |
Louisiana | Jeremy Hendrix Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry 5825 Florida Boulevard, Suite 1023 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 P: (225) 952-8155 F: (225) 925-3760 Email: JHendrix@ldaf.state.la.us |
Maine | Debbie Davis Maine Department of Agriculture 28 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 P: (207) 287-3891 F: (207) 287-7548 Email: Debbie.Davis@maine.gov |
Maryland | Deanna Baldwin Maryland Department of Agriculture 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway Annapolis, MD 21401 P: (410) 841-5769 F: (410) 841-2750 E-mail: Deanna.Baldwin@maryland.gov |
Massachusetts | Mary Jordan Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources 251 Causeway Street, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02114 P: (617) 626-1700 F: (617) 626-1850 E-mail: Mary.Jordan@state.ma.us |
Minnesota | Cassie Dahl Minnesota Department of Agriculture 625 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55155-2538 P: (651) 201-6134 F: (651) 201-6120 Email: cassie.dahl@state.mn.us |
Mississippi | Michael Lasseter & Joette Pickle Mississippi Department of Agriculture & Commerce 121 North Jefferson Street Jackson, MS 39201 P: (601) 359-1120 and (601) 359-1131 F: (601) 354-6001 Email: MichaelL@mdac.ms.gov |
Missouri | Jennifer Hentges Missouri Department of Agriculture 1616 Missouri Boulevard P.O. Box 630 Jefferson City, MO 65102 P: (573) 751-1199 F: (573) 751-2868 Email: Jennifer.hentges@mda.mo.gov |
Montana | Georgana Webster Montana Department of Agriculture 303 North Roberts Street Helena, MT 59601 P: (406) 444-7804 F: (406) 444-7336 Email: gwebster@mt.gov or agrorganic@mt.gov |
Nebraska | Steve Martin Nebraska Department of Agriculture 301 Centennial Mall South Lincoln, NE 68509 P: (402) 471-4876 F: (402) 471-2759 Email: Steve.Martin@nebraska.gov |
New Hampshire | Jennifer Gornnert NH Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food 25 Capitol Street P.O. Box 2042 Concord, NH 03302-2042 P: (603) 271-7761 F: (603) 271-1109 E-mail: Jennifer.Gornnert@agr.nh.gov |
New Jersey | Anne Marie Ference & Nichole Steward New Jersey Department of Agriculture 369 South Warren Street Trenton, NJ 08608 P: (609) 984-2224 & (609) 292-5576 F: (609) 984-2508 E-mail: annemarie.ference@ag.nj.gov; Nichole.steward@ag.state.nj.gov |
New York | Anne St. Cyr NY State Department of Agriculture & Markets 10B Airline Drive Albany, NY 12235 P: (518) 485-9974 F: (518) 457-2716 E-mail: Anne.St.Cyr@agriculture.ny.gov |
North Carolina | Heather Barnes North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services 1020 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1020 P: (919) 707-3127 F: (919) 715-0155 Email: Heather.Barnes@ncagr.gov |
North Dakota | Emily Edlund North Dakota Department of Agriculture 600 E Boulevard Ave - Room#604 Bismarck, ND 58505 P: (701) 328-2191 F: (701) 328-4567 Email: edlund@nd.gov |
Ohio | Lori Panda Ohio Department of Agriculture 8995 East Main Street Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 P: (614) 466-8798 F: (614) 466-7754 Email: Panda@agri.ohio.gov |
Oregon | Agricultural Development & Marketing Program Oregon Department of Agriculture 1207 Northwest Naito Parkway, Suite 104 Portland, OR 97209 P: (503) 872-6600 F: (503) 872-6601 Email: agmarket@oda.state.or.us |
Pennsylvania | Jordan Stasyszyn Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture 2301 North Cameron Street Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408 P: (717) 787-6901 F: (717) 787-5643 E-mail: jstasyszyn@pa.gov |
Rhode Island | Matt Green RI Department of Environmental Management, Division of Agriculture 235 Promenade Street, Room 370 Providence, RI 02908-5767 P: (401) 222-2781 Ext.4516 F: (401) 222-6047 E-mail: Matt.Green@dem.ri.gov |
Texas | Brenda Tharp Texas Department of Agriculture 1700 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78711 P: (512) 463-6695 Email: grants@TexasAgriculture.gov |
Vermont | Marcey Hodgdon Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets 116 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 P: (802) 828-3567 F: (802) 828-3831 E-mail: Marcey.Hodgdon@vermont.gov |
Virginia | Bill Scruggs Virginia Department of Agriculture and Conservation Services 102 Governor Street, Room 241 Richmond, VA 23219 P: (804) 371-6098 F: (804) 225-4434 Email: Bill.Scruggs@vdacs.virginia.gov |
Washington | Brenda Book Washington State Department of Agriculture 1111 Washington Street Southeast 2nd Floor Olympia, WA 98504 P: (360) 902-1805 F: (360) 902-2087 Email: organicadmin@agr.wa.gov |
Wisconsin | Angie Sullivan Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection 2811 Agriculture Drive P.O. Box 8911 Madison, WI 53708 P: (608) 224-5095 F: (608) 224-5107 Email: angie.sullivan@wisconsin.gov |
Wyoming | Ted Craig Wyoming Department of Agriculture 2219 Carey Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 P: (307) 777-6651 F: (307) 777-6593 E-mail: Ted.Craig@wyo.gov |