March is here, with longer, busier days on the horizon. This week we’re sharing merchandise updates, new blog posts perfect for sharing with your customers and online networks and a reminder to AGW-certified producers about our Farm-to-Farm Sales page. Read on for the latest from AGW and please let us know if we can be of help as you head into the Spring season.

For AGW-Certified Producers: Call for Recipes
Do you have favorite recipes or tips for preparing your AGW-certified products that are included on your farm’s website? If so, let us know so that we can include in info

Merchandise Update: Price Change on Rolls of Certification Labels
Reflecting increased costs, certification sticker labels will be $8.00 per roll + shipping as of April 15 (a $2.30 increase per roll). These are rolls of 1,000 one-inch square labels with color-print of the following certifications: Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW (also available in French), Certified Grassfed by AGW, Certified Non-GMO by AGW and Certified Regenerative by AGW. To place an order before the price goes up, please visit our merchandise page. 

For Your Customers: How AGW Certifications Earn Your Trust, and Why It Matters
You work hard to produce food for your customers and communities—and to earn your AGW certification. If you’re looking for an easy way to let your customers know why AGW labels are some of the most trustworthy and transparent labels out there, this blog post or the accompanying posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are ready for sharing.

Featured Resource: Farm-to-Farm Sales
AGW’s Farm-to-Farm Sales is our space for AGW-certified farmers and ranchers to place advertisements for livestock, forage or feed, farm equipment—or even to lease pasture for grazing. The service is free and new entries are added regularly. Learn more and place an ad.

In the Press

• Chronogram features AGW-certified Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, NY in “Find Your Hudson Valley CSA for 2023”

• The Local Reporter features Firsthand Foods, an AGW-certified further processor who offers AGW-certified pork from the North Carolina Natural Hog Growers Association (NCNHGA) and lamb from producers in their lamb network, along with Lady Edison, offering AGW-certified pork from the NCNHGA in “Meating in the Middle: Local Stores, Distributors offer Humanely Raised Meat”

• The Claremore Daily Progress featured Shepherd’s Cross in Claremore, OK in an article covering Shepherd’s Cross and their recent Inspiring Agritourism Award. 

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