Savoie Organic Farm

About us

Produce that has been "certified organic" often bears the familiar USDA organic symbol pictured below.  When you see this sign, you know that the farmer has been held to the strictest national guidelines for the production of food without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, and genetically-modified seed stocks. To become certified, a farmer must disclose every detail of his/her farming practices, including the specific varieties of organic seeds used, the types of organic potting soils used to start seedlings, the test results from wells used to irrigate the crops, the types of all-natural methods used to fertilize the earth and combat common diseases and pests, and the different ways that the farmer creates and preserves habitat for wildlife on the farm.  The farm is visited each year by an inspector from a local certifying agency such as the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA). The inspector goes over the application in detail and takes a comprehensive tour of the facilities, inspects all the seed packets, bags of compost, receipts, etc. to verify that all the information provided by the farmer is truthful and compliant with the national standards for organic food production (NOP).