Expert Solutions. Your Global Partner in Organic Compliance.

Our team of organic experts helps businesses achieve and maintain organic certification and accreditation across a wide range of federal and private organic standards.

With over 25 years of experience, our multilingual team offers strategic support at every step to make organic certification and accreditation clear, efficient, and effective. 

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We specialize in tailored compliance consulting, inspection and investigation, training, and internal audits that strengthen certification and quality systems.

Our Services - Organic Integrity From Seed To Fork

  • Business Solutions

    We offer expert consulting to guide your business through the certification process, ensuring full compliance with organic standards. Our team provides step-by-step support to make certification both achievable and sustainable for your unique operation.

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  • Responding to Noncompliances

    When noncompliance issues arise, we work closely with you to develop clear, effective responses that address regulatory concerns. Our experience with global organic standards enables us to help resolve compliance challenges efficiently, so you can keep your certification on track.

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  • Internal Audits

    Our team conducts thorough internal audits to assess and enhance the quality systems of accredited organic certifiers. By identifying gaps and opportunities, we support continuous improvement in your certification programs, ensuring integrity and adherence to organic standards.

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  • Tailored Training

    Decades of experience as hands-on, in-the-field trainers in organic production and certification from seed to fork.  We design organic curriculum and lead specialized training programs to strengthen the organic sector in partnership with the International Organic Inspectors Association (IOIA) and industry leaders.

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  • Inspections, Investigations, Supply Chain Audits

    We provide thorough inspections and investigations to ensure compliance —evaluating operations, reviewing records, and verifying supply chain practices to maintain transparency and certification integrity. We inspect all scopes including crop, livestock, handling, import/export, and port & bulk ship sites.

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  • Quality Management Support

    We offer end-to-end quality management solutions tailored to the complexities of modern food systems. We help you design and improve your quality assurance systems to achieve and maintain organic certification or accreditation with an eye toward risk management & fraud prevention.

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Driving Organic Excellence with Agility, Trust, and Innovation

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As a worker-owned cooperative, our members are deeply rooted in the organic farming and production community.

We offer global inspection, certification, quality systems, accreditation, and training support. We streamline organic compliance & strategic operations for businesses worldwide to meet and exceed organic and private standards—including USDA NOP, EC EU, Canada-COR, Mexico-LPO, Organic Plus Trust, Non-GMO Project, ROC, and RSPO for global market access. Through custom training and curriculum, we build capacity and integrity across the organic sector.

From certification compliance to industry education, there’s nothing in organic certification we can’t support.

Our Team

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    Angela Wartes-Kahl

    Angela has been an organic crop, processing, and textile inspector since 2011, and is the former Fiber and Textile Coordinator at Oregon Tilth, managing their Global Organic Textile Standard program from 2016 to 2020. Angela served as the vice-chair of the Organic Trade Association’s Fiber Council and was an advisor to Fibershed’s Regional Fiber Manufacturing Initiative. Angela has been an organic farmer since 2005, focusing on natural fiber crops as the co-founder of Fibrevolution, Inc. Angela currently serves as our company president.

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    Garth Kahl

    Garth has worked as an organic inspector for nearly 25 years, working on 3 continents, including inspections of crops, processing, wild harvest, livestock, apiculture, grower groups and textiles. He is accredited as an organic inspector in all scopes by the International Organic Inspectors Association. From 2007 to 2011 he was the Latin American Program Manager and interim Farm Program Manager for Oregon Tilth Certified Organic. Garth currently serves on the Mexican Materials Review Panel for OMRI and the Impartiality Committee for the International Organic Accreditation Agency (IOAS). Garth has trained dozens of organic inspectors.

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    Andrew Black

    Andrew has 20 years of experience as an organic inspector and final reviewer across crops, dairy, processing, and wild harvest. Since 2005, he has supported the organic community, including helping build Oregon Tilth’s Latin American certification program with Garth Kahl and Carrie-Anne Palmeri. Andrew founded Certified Kind, a private cannabis and hemp standard, and served as founding Executive Director of Sun+Earth Certified, a nonprofit promoting organic cannabis practices. Recently, he has focused on consulting for organic certification challenges and conducting internal audits for USDA-accredited certifiers.

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    Carrie-Anne Palmeri

    Carrie-Anne brings nearly 20 years of international experience in the organic sector, specializing in organic field production, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and public education. She has successfully developed bilingual (Spanish & English) Quality Assurance, Accreditation, and Certification Systems under 10 domestic and international standards. Her expertise includes designing risk-based management systems to ensure organic integrity throughout the supply chain. Over the years, Carrie-Anne has represented organic stakeholders on various international boards and task forces and currently serves as President of the Canada Organic Trade Association (2022-present).

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    PJ Wiebusch

    After several years of working on Organic farms and drawing on his formal education in Mathematics, PJ began his career as an Organic Inspector in 2015. Working for multiple certifiers, he has conducted more than 1000 inspections of crop, livestock, and handling operations throughout the Western U.S. and Mexico. PJ specializes in organic dairy compliance and helps train other organic inspectors with the International Organic Inspectors Association and the Accredited Certifiers Association.

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    Jackie Sleeper

    Jackie has 16+ years of experience in food and agriculture certification, focused on organic and farm animal welfare standards. Her expertise includes designing and improving quality management systems to support efficient and compliant certification. Since 2009, Jackie has held numerous technical and leadership roles across the nonprofit and private sectors, including Director of Certification for the Certified Humane® program and Deputy Director of Quality and Accreditation at Oregon Tilth. From 2022 – 2025, Jackie was an Accreditation Manager with the USDA National Organic Program and supported the program’s rollout of multiple rule changes including Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE).