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Organic certification

The UK's organic market is booming. According to Soil Association Certification's recent Organic Market Report, the market is now worth £2.45bn, and is entering its ninth consecutive year of growth. Soil Association Certification's Scottish licensees reported a massive 28% increase in sales in 2017.

 

When you certify with Soil Association Certification you can enjoy the following benefits: 

 

  1. a dedicated Scottish Certification Officer based in the Edinburgh office

  2. technical support from a dedicated team who are experts in organic, and your sector

  3. combined organic and farm assurance inspections

  4. regular technical communications, industry reports and market trend updates

  5. we help you sell organic. We are the only Certification Body that can provide exclusive access to new routes to market to sell your products. We hold relationships with all the major retailers and offer our licensees exclusive, FREE membership to our Food for Life Supplier Scheme allowing you to reach over 300 caterers serving over 10,000 sites

  6. be part of our award-winning marketing campaigns, such as Organic September and the BOOM Awards and benefit from our FREE marketing materials and PR support

  7. have your voice heard as we campaign for farmers on policy across the UK and EU

Get in touch

If you want to know more about organic certification in Scotland, contact the team at our Edinburgh office.
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Resources and certification support for Scotland

Scotland - Funding for organic

Organic funding is currently available in Scotland via the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme.

Hear from one of our farmers in Scotland

Sam Parsons at Balcaskie Estate in Scotland, converted the farm to organic in a bid to cut costs whilst improving soil health and natural biodiversity. With the farm now outperforming its conventional counterpart on a host of key areas, Sam shares what he’s learnt.