Organic Certification Cost Share Programs State Agency Points of Contact State Contact Information Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries 1445 Federal Drive, Richard Beard Building Montgomery, AL 36107 Hassey Brooks Alabama Phone: (334) 240-3877 Fax : (334) 240-7190 Email : Hassey.Brooks@agi.alabama.gov Johnny Blackmon Phone: (334) 240-7257 Email: Johnny.Blackmon@agi.alabama.gov Alaska Department of Agriculture 1801 S. Margaret Drive, Suite 12 Palmer, AK 99645 Mia Kirk Alaska Phone: (907) 761-3866 Fax : (907) 745-7112 Email : Mia.kirk@alaska.gov Page |1 July 27, 2021 Organic Certification Cost Share Programs State Agency Points of Contact State Contact Information Arizona Department of Agriculture 1688 W. Adams Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Ed Foster Phone: (602) 542-0947 Email : efoster@azda.gov Arizona Robert Nick Email: rnick@azda.gov Cost Share Website: https://agriculture.az.gov/plantsproduce/organiccertification-cost-share-program-occsp Page |2 July 27, 2021 Organic Certification Cost Share Programs State Agency Points of Contact State Contact Information Arkansas Department of Agriculture 1 Natural Resources Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: (501) 225-1598 Mary Welch Email: Mary.A.Welch@agriculture.arkansas.gov Juan Hurtado Arkansas Email: Juan.Hurtado@agriculture.arkansas.gov Karen Reynolds Email: karen.reynolds@agriculture.arkansas.gov Amy Lyman Email: amy.lyman@agriculture.arkansas.gov Cost Share Website www.agriculture.arkansas.gov Page |3 July 27, 2021 Organic Certification Cost Share Programs State Agency Points of Contact State Contact Information California Department of Food and Agriculture 1220 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Vanessa Jivan Phone: (916) 900-5202 Email: Vanessa.Jivan@cdfa.ca.gov California Cost Share Website: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/organicprogram/costshare.html Cost Share Email: CDFA.ISD_Cost_Share_Program@cdfa.ca.gov Connecticut Department of Agriculture 450 Columbus Blvd., Suite 703 Hartford, CT 06103 Jaime Smith Connecticut Phone: (860) 573-1944 Fax : (860) 730-8319 Email: Amanda.king@ct.gov Cost Share Website: https://portal.ct.gov/DOAG/Marketing/Marketing/OrganicCertification-Cost-Share-Grant-Program Page |4 July 27, 2021 Organic Certification Cost Share Programs State Agency Points of Contact State Contact Information Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 407 South Calhoun Street Mayo Building M-9 Tallahassee, FL 32399 Emily Hetherington Florida Phone: (850) 617-7291 Fax : (850) 617-7331 Email: Emily.Hetherington@freshfromflorida.com Cost Share Website https://foginfo.org/our-programs/cost-share/ NO LONGER PARTICIPATING Hawaii Hawaii Department of Agriculture 1428 South King Street Honolulu, HI 96814-2512 Phone: (808) 973-9593 Kansas Department of Agriculture 1320 Research Park Drive Manhattan, KS 66502 Tori Laird Kansas Phone: (785) 477-6572 Email: tori.laird@ks.gov Cost Share Website: https://agriculture.ks.gov/kda-services/grants-and-costshare-programs/organic-cost-share-program Page |5 July 27, 2021 Organic Certification Cost Share Programs State Agency Points of Contact State Contact Information Kentucky Department of Agriculture 111 Corporate Drive Frankfort, KY 40601 Kentucky David Morris Phone: (502) 782-4103 Fax : (502) 573-2543 Email : David.w.morris@ky.gov NO LONGER PARTICIPATING Louisiana Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry 5825 Florida Boulevard, Suite 1002 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 28 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 Maine Debbie Davis Phone: (207) 287-3891 Fax : (207) 287-5576 Email: Debbie.Davis@maine.gov Page |6 July 27, 2021 Organic Certification Cost Share Programs State Agency Points of Contact State Contact Information Maryland Department of Agriculture 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway Annapolis, MD 21401 Molly Gillingham Phone: (410) 841-5769 Fax : (410) 841-2750 Email: molly.gillingham@maryland.gov Maryland Organic Website: https://mda.maryland.gov/foodfeedquality/Pages/ certified_md_organic_farms.aspx Application Link: https://mda.maryland.gov/foodfeedquality/Documents/Organic/ MDA_DOC_119%20Non-MDA%20Organic%20Certification %20Cost%20Share%20Form.pdf Massachusetts Department of Agriculture 251 Causeway Street, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02114-2151 Keri Cornman: Massachusetts Phone: (617) 626-1777 Fax : (617) 626-1850 Email: keri.cornman@mass.gov Cost Share Website: https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-the-org