Certified Naturally Grown

Certified Naturally Grown (CNG), is a farm assurance program certifying produce, livestock, aquaponics, mushrooms, and apiaries for North American producers using natural practices who sell locally and directly to their customers.[1] CNG was founded in 2002 by organic farmers Kate and Ron Khosla[2][3] It is operated as a non-profit corporation, headquartered in Colorado, US.[4]

History

According to Ron Khosla, CNG was created as reaction to the legislating of organic production in the US in 2002:

International scope

CNG operates in the US and Canada. CNG is recognized by IFOAM International as a Participatory Guarantee System.

References

  1. ^ Morris, Allie (4 August 2014). "For some small farmers in New Hampshire, Certified Naturally Grown makes more sense". Concord Monitor. Retrieved 10 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "Food fight: Some local farms prefer 'Naturally Grown' over 'Organic'". Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Certification Programs". Certified Naturally Grown. Archived from the original on 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  4. ^ "Stoystown honey business earns 'natural' certification". Tribdem.com. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.


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