Plain/Mennonite Community Outreach Package

The Plain Community Outreach Package provides both outreach materials and technical, digital and paper-based resources to help plain communities gain access to information about organic certification. This package pairs articles on lessons learned with a sample communications plan, sample meeting agenda, and in-depth training materials in the form of a transition guide and workbook for transitioning to organic. The package also contains 30 paper-based recordkeeping templates focused on specific topics and operations, such as animal sale records, equipment cleaning, and crop storage.

Resource development: Created in partnership with Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA)

• Organic Transition Guide (pdf)
• Organic Transition Workbook (pdf)

Communication and Outreach to Plain Communities

• Lessons Learned: Communication and Outreach to Plain Communities about Organic Certification (pdf)
• Communications Plan for Announcing and Promoting Town Hall Meetings (pdf)
• Town Hall Meetings: Selection Criteria and List of Potential Groups (pdf)
• Town Hall Meeting Agenda (pdf)
• Positives and Pitfalls of Organic Inspector Training for Plain Community Members (pdf)
• Plain Community Outreach Activities Overview (pdf)
• Training Plan for Plain Community Members (pdf)