With holidays around the corner, we’re keeping this update brief with reminders for AGW-certified producers and a few resources along with good press and news from your peers. We are heading into this time of year especially grateful for you and the farms you manage, livestock you tend, produce you grow and ways that you build and feed your communities.

LAST CALL For AGW-certified producers: Holiday Product Promotion

The holiday season is quickly approaching! If you are showcasing your AGW-certified products through seasonal specials, gift baskets, etc., we’d like to help spread the word, and if you’re working with retail partners or others to help sell your products, we’d love to promote them too. For your farm to be included in our holiday product promotion, please send the following information to callie ASAP:

• AGW-certified product name and description
• Price
• Where/How to purchase
• Photo if available

FINAL WEEKS: Labeling Assistance Grants for AGW-certified producers

AGW is offering labeling grants to support producers in the process of incorporating AGW logos on their products (ex: label printing costs, branded egg carton purchases, slaughter plant fees for adding AGW logos to label, etc.). Operations must be certified and in good standing to receive funding, and funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact Marketing Services Coordinator, Callie Casteel at callie with questions on labeling assistance and labeling grants.

Thinking about getting certified? We can help!

Why certify? Certification helps shoppers trust what they’re buying and supports farmers who want to verify their claims. It’s a way to show your commitment to sustainable, high-welfare farming practices—and get recognized for it. If you’re interested in getting certified, start by checking the standards for the programs that fit your farm, business or brand. Look at the requirements, fees, and inspection process—and then reach out (info). We’ll be happy to answer your questions and help you get started.

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. Learn more and place an ad.

AGW in the News

• WTNH – CT Buzz featured The Stead Farm in Barkhamsted, CT in “The Stead Farm: A Greener World Certified – Raising Animals Humanely, with Non-GMO, and Grassfed Diets on a First-Generation Family Farm.”

• Perishable News featured Kreher Family Farms in NY in “Sprouts Farmers Market Launches Certified Regenerative by AGW squash from Kreher Family Farms.”

• Working Rancher featured Hawaii Lowline Cattle Co. In HI in “The King Would be Proud.”

• Forbes featured Maison Mirabeau in France in “A global wine map from England to Australia.”

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