Expand Your Farm's Market Opportunities for Wholesale Production
FLO members can choose to grow primarily for FLO markets, concentrating on farming and leaving sales to the FLO manager, or they can grow particular crops for FLO sales and continue with their own direct sales to their own non-FLO customers. Contact the FLO office for more information.
New Farm Members are Welcome
The members of Finger Lakes Organic Growers Cooperative: 1000 acres of farmland, wetland and woodland, with 130 acres in vegetable, herb, fruit and nut production.
All certified organic food is produced according to nationally recognized
USDA standards to ensure long-term soil fertility, biodiversity and good
food. FLO farms are certified by NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC.
"I like selling my produce through the Finger Lakes Organic Co-Op because it allows me to spend more time in the fields working with the plants and less time on the telephone locating and negotiating with customers. I feel this is a more effective arrangement for my operation. I also receive a lot of technical support and advise from my peer farmers through this organization. An added benefit is the ability to buy supplies at bulk pricing as a group"
- Jim Sharpless, Organic Matters Farm
To learn what you need to do to be a certified organic producer, visit the website of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York at www.nofany.org or call NOFA at 607-724-9851.
Also see www.attra.ncat.org (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas/ National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service)
What is organic management?
Contact Finger Lakes Organic Growers Cooperative at (315) 587.4597
