Kretschmann Organic Farm

About us

We have been leaders in organic movement which we helped initiate nearly 50 years ago.  Indeed, from day one we have farmed organically.  We also welcomed with open arms the “Local Foods” movement. We were initiators of multiple farmers’ markets in the 1970’s when these local venues were coming back on the scene after decades of absence.  We were early supporters of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 which finally defined “organic”. We have certificates back to 1990.     One of the hallmarks of the National Organic Program was the requirement for farms to be verified independently on an annual basis.  There’s also an alternative system aimed at the same discerning consumer called Certified Naturally Grown.  This doesn’t have near the rigor of the NOP.  Some growers say “we grow with organic methods”.  There’s no proof this is so, nor any way to know if those growers even know what organic is (much less the fact it’s illegal to call something organic without having been inspected through the NOP).